Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Overly, Charles Wesley August 13, 1906
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Lake Odessa Wave-Friday August 24, 1906

                                  OBITUARY

Charles Wesley Overly was born near Fort Wayne, Ind., April 1, 1834, was married 
in 1861 to Mary R. Taylor, who died in 1881 at the age of 39 years. Mr. Overly 
enlisted in 1862 and served in the civil war-three years. A young son dying 
while husband and father was serving his country.

Soon after the war the family moved to Michigan locating in Sunfield. After a 
residence there of ten years they moved to Sebewa where they resided about 
twenty years. Since that time Mr.Overly has lived with his children either in 
Indiana or Lake Odessa.

Mr.Overly was a shoemaker by trade, making as high as 106 pairs of boots in a 
season for one dealer.

For a long time the deceased had been in poor health and being confident that he 
could not live long he decided to make a visit to his daughter in Indiana where 
he went Monday and died the following Thursday August 13, aged 72 years. The 
body was bought to his daughter's Mrs.Ada Cramer's on Friday and the funeral was 
held at the U.B.church Sunday conducted by Rev.I Mourer. Mr Overly was a member 
of the Sebewa M.E.Church. He was one of five brothers who were in the war, all 
returned, not one received a wound and all are now dead, a coincidence worthy of 
note.

He was the father of nine children, five of whom survive him, four dying in 
childhood. The following are the children according to age; Charles W.Overly 
Jr., Mrs.Ida Herrington, Mrs.Ada Cramer, Mrs.Estella Dunckley of Indiana and 
William A.Overly of Detroit.
                              CARD OF THANKS
For the beautiful flowers sent in by neighbors, for words of sympathy from 
friends and for the beautiful songs from the choir at the time of the death and 
burial of our father Charles W.Overly, we are most, truly grateful, and take 
this way of expressing our appreciation of the same.
                                  Charles Overly
                                  Mrs.Ida Herrington
                                  Mrs.Ada Cramer
                                  Mrs.Stella Dunkley
                                  William Overly

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