Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rickner, Emma (Towl) 1941 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net April 2, 2018, 6:21 pm Lowell Ledger, 20 Nov 1941 Emma Rickner - Funeral services were held at the Roth Chapel Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Louis A. Rickner, 73, who passed away early Sunday morning at St. Mary’s hospital, Grand Rapids, where she was taken Nov. 3 following a stroke at her home southeast of Lowell. The Rev. C. E. Pollock officiated and burial was made in South Boston cemetery. Obituary Sketch: Emma M. Towl was born in Boston tp., Ionia county, October 26, 1868, the daughter of Silas and Martha Towl. On April 26, 1886, she was united in marriage to Louis A. Rickner. To this union were born three children. Surviving are the husband, two sons, Loyal and Leslie of Lowell; one daughter, Mrs. Maude Oesch of Keene tp., ten grandchildren, one great granddaughter; one brother, Ben Towl of Grand Ledge and other relatives. Mrs. Rickner had lived her entire life-time in Boston and Lowell townships. She was of a quiet nature and was a lover of home, her home duties always coming first in her life. The sincere sympathy of many friends and neighbors is extended to the bereaved members of her family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/rickner7559gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb