Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Riker, Stephen D. April 22, 1900 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com August 31, 2016, 12:24 am Ionia Sentinel - Thursday, April 26, 1900 STEPHEN RIKER DEAD. His long Battle for Life At Last Ends -Died Monday Morning. Poor Stephen D. Riker is dead. He passed away last Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the age of 40 years. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, from the residence, 220 East Front street, Rev. G.K. Berry officiating. The interment was in Highland Park cemetery, and the funeral were under I.O.O F. auspices. Stephen D. Riker was born in Greenville, where he was married in August 1879. to Miss Kate Higgins. For a year he kept a hotel at Sheridan and then came to Ionia, and for 15 years after that he was engaged in the livery business here, in the old Baily house barn, which burned a few years ago. He sold out his livery business about 5 years ago on account of poor health, and later succumbed to a surgical operation which seemed to be so beneficial that he engaged in farming in the township of Ronald. But being industrious he overworked himself, the disease came back upon him, and he gradually failed since that time, or for the past three years. Until recently he has looked after the confectionery business he was engaged in, but was taken with the grip a week or two ago, and this hastened his death. He leaves besides his wife, two children, a son 11 years, and a daughter 16 years. The unfortunate condition of his health wan him the sympathy of the community, and many friends will read of his demise with regret. His residence in Ionia covers a period of about 20 years past. Additional Comments: Age: 45 Funeral: Tuesday, 24 April, 1900 Highland Park cemetery Sect. #4 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/riker33642nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb