Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rock, Bridget (Fitch) 1917
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Lyons Herald, 17 Jun 1917

Mrs. Bridget Rock passed away Wednesday morning, June 6th, 1917, at the home of 
her daughter, Mrs. O.C. Peckins, following an illness of only days, of septic 
arthritis and endocarditis, aged 78 years.

Bridget Fitch was born in Dublin, Ireland, April 6, 1839, and was the eldest 
child of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Fitch from a family of six children.  When she 
was eleven years of age she came to America with her parents and settled in 
Lyons township on what is now known as the Howard Kimball farm.  April 8, 1859, 
she was united in marriage to John Rock at Westphalia, and for many years they 
made their home on a farm near the river above the present Commonwealth dam.  
To them were born eight children, two dying in infancy, one son, Charles, 
passing away in 1912; five children still survive, Mrs. Geo. Canfield, Detroit; 
Mrs. Orpha Lawless, Portland; Mrs. Thos. McQuillan, Mrs. O.C. Peckins and A. 
Rock of Lyons.

The funeral will be held Friday morning at nine o’clock at SS. Peter & Paul’s 
church at Ionia; Rev. Fr. McCarthy officiating.  Interment will be in Mt. 
Olivet cemetery.


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