Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Randall, Edna J. (Perry) 1926
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Ionia County News, 29 Apr 1926

Loss of Two Tots Hastens Death of Mrs. Randall
Shock and Grief Over Tragedy Proves Fatal to Mother Thursday Afternoon
Daughter and Son Drowned Under Ice
Grand River Dragged and Blasted Three Days Before Bodies Were Found

Mrs. Albert Randall, 46, mother of the two tots, Gilbert, 9, and Ernestine, 8, who
were drowned under the ice of the Grand river on March 6, passed away at her home,
925 West Main street, late Thursday afternoon, due to grief and shock of the
tragedy.  She had been confined to her bed since the funeral of the youngsters and
she suffered untold agony for several weeks.

The funeral will be held on Monday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock from the late residence
and from the Evangelical church at 2:30 o’clock, with Rev. Benjamin Mohr in charge. 
Interment will be made in Tuttle cemetery.

Mrs. Randall had been quite ill before the time of the tragic death of her children
and was convalescing when the misfortune came.  The tension and suspense during the
several days blasting and dragging operations of the river caused a relapse which,
coupled with grief and shock, hastened her death.

The two youngsters disappeared from their home on Saturday night, March 6, and a
hunt was instituted.  It was not until the next day that tracks were discovered by
scouts at the river’s banks that led officers to believe they had ventured on the
ice and it had crashed through.  A corps of workmen were set to work and on the
following Wednesday the bodies were taken from the stream.  A double funeral was
held and the brother two daughters, who live at home and sister interred together in
the same casket.

The mother will be buried on the family lot in Tuttle cemetery, next to the grave of
her loved ones.

She is survived by her husband and two daughters, Agnes and Eleanor.

[Transcriber's Note:  The fourth paragraph is typed as it was printed in the
obituary.]


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