Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rich, Frances 1925 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net July 1, 2011, 7:12 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Friday, December 11, 1925 Mrs. Frances Rich, for many years a resident of Ionia, died at the residence, 326 East Main street, at 7:10 Friday morning after a short illness lasting about three weeks. Mrs. Rich celebrated her seventy-seventh birthday September 21. Mrs. Rich was one of the oldest members of the Methodist Episcopal church and attended the services as long as her health permitted. She was one of the oldest members of Queen Esther chapter No. 35, Order of Eastern Star. She was initiated in the second meeting of the chapter after its formation in the city. Besides her husband, H. A. Rich, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Charles M. Stevenson, and a sister, Miss Erean Welch, who has made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Rich for more than 40 years. She also leaves one grandson, Rich Stevenson, who attends college in Wisconsin. The funeral will be held from the residence on East Main street Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. W. F. Kendrick, of the Methodist Episcopal church, will conduct the service. Burial will take place in the family lot in Highland Park. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/rich14067nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb