Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, Corintha A. May 8, 1925
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Ionia County News - Thursday, May 14, 1925

                        PIONEER SEBEWA RESIDENT DEAD
Mrs. Corintha Pierce, widow of Henry Pierce, Succumbs at 79 at Daughter's Home.

Mrs. Corintha A. Pierce, 79, widow of Henry Pierce, Sebewa pioneer, died at the 
home of her daughter, Mrs. Bur Hines, Tremayne's Corners, last Friday night. 
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the daughter's home, with Rev. B. A. 
Hammond of Hickory Corners in charge. Interment was made in Portland cemetery.

She was born in Jackson county, where she wed Henry Pierce, and they came by ox-
team to Orange township, where the made their home a number of years. Fifteen 
years ago they moved to Tremayne's corners and lived there until the death of 
Mr. Pierce, four years ago. One of the school houses was named for Mr. Pierce 
in Sebewa township, where he labored vigorously at a time when clearing land 
for farms was necessary.

Mrs. Pierce is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Hinds, at whose home she died; two 
sons, Donald, of Des Moines, Iowa, and Rolland, of Whittier, California; five 
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. 

Additional Comments:
Funeral: Sunday 10 May 1925
Portland cemetery #EMD-429

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