Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Root, James E. 1907 ************************************************ 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 July 9, 2011, 11:54 am Lyons Herald, 22 Aug 1907 James E. Root was killed at Harbor Springs Tuesday. He was working underneath some cement steps being built at the entrance to the library building being erected there and in some manner the steps gave way and fell onto him, crushing his life out. The body was brought here Wednesday for burial, the funeral being held at the Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. H.W. Powell of the Baptist Church. Interment in the Lyons cemetery. Deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Root and nearly all his life lived in this vicinity. He moved to Harbor Springs a few years ago. He leaves a mother, wife, two children, and a brother, all of whom have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/root14458nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb