Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Patch, Ella E. (Powelson) January 30, 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com May 8, 2019, 7:43 pm Ionia Sentinel - Thursdays, February 2 & 9, 1899 March 2, 1899 The funeral services for Mrs. Frank Patch will be held from the Church of Christ today at 2 p.m. Mrs. Frank Patch died at 78 a.m. Monday after about a year's illness o consumption. She leaves her husband and two little children who have the sympathy of all. Deceased was a member of Ionia hive, L. O. T. M. March 9, 1899 BEAUTIFUL FLORAL OFFERINGS. Mrs. Frank Patch Laid to Rest Amid Great Sorrowing. The funeral of Mrs. Frank Patch was held rom the Church of Christ Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and was largely attended by sorrowing friends, Rev. G. K. Berry, officiating, Rev. D. R. Lucas assisting. The music was furnished by the Church of Christ choir. Roy Sessions, Frank Lucas, Chas Sunderlin and Walter Winchell acted as bearers. Interment in Highland Park cemetery. Ionia hive, No. 577 L. O. T. M., of which Mrs. Parch was a member attended in a body while many members of Ruggles hive were present. There were many beautiful floral offerings among which was a handsome piece from the Ionia hive and another from the school children, class-mates of Master Floyd and Miss Gertrude. Mrs. Patch was a beneficiary member of Ionia hive and carried a policy of $1,000 payable jointly to husband and children. Additional Comments: Age: 29 Funeral: Thursday, 2 February 1899 Highland Park cemetery #4-99 b. 25 May 1869 Elba, Lapeer Co. Mich. dau. of Ebenezer Powelson & Mary (Ramsey) marr: May 29, 1877 to Frank Stillman Patch File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/p/patch9453gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb