Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Preston, Nina Kate February 19, 1953
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Sentinel-Std - Friday, Feb. 20, 1953

                         First Ionia Librarian Succumbs
Mrs. Nina K. Preston, of 256 Lafayette street, died at the home of Dr. and Mrs. 
S. Penoyer of South Haven Thursday, Feb. 19, where she had been for the past 
three weeks. Miss Preston, prominent in state library circles, was the first 
librarian at the Ionia Hall-Fowler Memorial library.

She was born April 19, 1874, in Ionia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clark A. 
Preston. She was a graduate of Ionia high school in the class of 190. She 
attended the University of Michigan and then returned to Ionia to teach school. 
Miss Preston attended a library school in Philadelphia, returning to Michigan 
to be employed by the state establishing state libraries in small communities. 

                             Moved to Ann Arbor
It was about that time that she became librarian at the Ionia library. Later 
she moved to Ann Arbor to be librarian for the University of Michigan until her 
retirement. 

Miss Preston was a member of the Ann Arbor Church of Christ, the Ann Arbor 
Business and Professional Women's club and of the Daughters of Isabella.

Surviving is a nephew, Phillip, of Lansing.

The body will be at the Stone-Kauffman funeral home until Monday noon when it 
will be taken to the First Christian church. Funeral services held at 2 p.m. 
Monday with the Rev. Court O. Adams officiating. Burial will be in the family 
lot, Highland Park cemetery. 

                            

             Nina K. Preston Tuesday, Sentinel-Std. Feb. 24, 1953

Services for Miss Nina K. Preston, Ionia Hall-Fowler Memorial library's first 
librarian, who died Thursday were held Monday afternoon at the First Christian 
church.

The Rev. Court O. Adams assisted by the Rev. George Barger of Ann Arbor 
officiated.

Bearers were Frank E. Hall, Geer Smith, Raymond Coon, Herbert Hasselbring, 
Martin D. McNamara and Jack Jones.

Mrs. Mable Bloomer was at the organ.

Interment was in the family lot, Highland Park cemetery.

Attending the services from away were Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Preston and Mrs. Don 
Welsh of Lansing; Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Penoyer, Mr. and Mrs. John Paquin, Mrs. 
Frances Long, and Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Clark of South Haven; Mrs. James 
Drew and Mrs. Allen Lillis of Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jones of Saranac; 
Grace Rash, Rose Rugert, Virginia Tibbals, Fredericka B. Gillette, Clover 
Flanders, V. Foster, Edith Erlewine, F. L. D. Goodrich and Mr. and Mrs. S. W. 
McAllister of Detroit.


                       Preston, Nina K. Feb. 21, 1953

Ionia - Funeral services for Miss Nina K. Preston, 79, first city librarian 
here and member of a prominent Ionia family, will be held at the First 
Christian church at 2 Monday. Burial in Highland Park cemetery.

Miss Preston died late Thursday at the home of Dr. and Mrs. S. Penoyer in South 
Haven. She had been their guest the last three weeks and after an illness that 
started a month ago.

                            Worked at M. Library.
Miss Preston was active in library work most of her life. She was a librarian 
for the University of Michigan until her retirement several years ago. Before 
that she traveled through Michigan for several years setting up libraries in 
the smaller communities. She started her library work with the Hall-Fowler City 
library at Ionia and was the first librarian in charge of that institution.

She was  born in Ionia, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clark A. Preston. A 
brother was Thad Preston, a prominent Ionia banker and local political leader, 
who died nearly 20 years ago. 

She graduated from Ionia High school in 190 and attended the University of 
Michigan. She then taught school for a short time here, but subsequently became 
interested in library work and took schooling in that in Philadelphia, Pa. 
After library work here and through the state she then moved to Ann Arbor to 
become a University of Michigan librarian.

She made her home in Ionia in the summer vacation period. 



Additional Comments:
Age: 82
Funeral: 19 February 1953
Highland Park cemetery #7-18


b. 19 April 1874 Ionia
dau. of Clark Alonzo Preston & Sarah Ann (Cunningham)

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