Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Preston, Lida C. (Canwell) May 28, 1927
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Sentinel-Std - Saturday, May 28, 1927

                      MRS. THAD B. PRESTON DIES AT HOME HERE
         Beloved and Highly Respected Woman Victim of Stroke of Apoplexy.

A pall of sorrow was cast over the entire community Saturday morning when word 
was passed along of the sudden death of Mrs. Thad B. Preston, who succumbed to 
a stroke of apoplexy at her home on East Lafayette street, at about 7 o'clock 
this morning, as she was preparing to arise. Mrs. Preston apparently had been 
enjoying good health, and her death came as a distinct shock to her family and 
friends.

Mrs. Preston was unusually active in the affairs o the Church of Christ, was a 
member o the Good Will club, the women's association of the Country club, and 
the Woman's Literary club. She is survived by her husband, who is prominently 
identified in political and financial circles throughout the state: and one 
son, Phillips, who is on his way here from New York. Another son, Thede, died 
several years ago.

On his return from Detroit at nine o'clock last night there was a telegram for 
Mr. Preston from Phillips, saying he would reach home Saturday night or Sunday 
morning, and they discussed when they would go to Grand Rapids to meet him. She 
also had three or four letters that had come during the day, expressing thanks 
for gifts, which they both discussed together, all of which combined to make 
her unusually happy and buoyant. She seemed unusually well. 

Mr. Preston called her for her bath this morning and found her sitting on the 
side of her bed leaning over with her hands holding her head - dead.

Her health had been unusually good and without the slightest premonition of any 
physical trouble of any kind.

Her gentleness of manner, her sweetness of disposition, and her complete 
indifference to class distinction or social position made her probably the most 
beloved woman in Ionia.

Funeral arrangements have not as yet been completed, but will probably be held 
on Tuesday. 

Additional Comments:
Age: 67
Funeral: May 1927
Highland Park cemetery #7-18


b. 3 Feb. 1860 Ann Arbor
dau. of Wm. & Ann Canwell

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