Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ross, Richard Kenneth 1915
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The Ionia Standard, October, 1915

The funeral service for Richard K. Ross was attended from the home on North 
Dexter St., Tuesday afternoon, many friends of deceased and of the family 
being present.  

Richard Kenneth Ross was born on April 9, 1852, in Victoria county, Canada, 
being one of a family of nine children, four of whom are still living, as 
follows: Mrs. M. Bradley of Chicago, Wm. J. Ross of Maple Hill, Minn., Miss 
Florence Ross, Gold Hill, Oregon, and Mrs. William Vaughn of Duluth, Minn.

Mr. Ross was married on Dec. 1, 1878, to Alice Palmer.  Three children born to 
this union are living: Mrs. Geo. H. Dye and Miss Georgia Ross of this city, 
and Lieut. Charles A. Ross of Haines, Alaska.  He has resided in Ionia 28 
years.

In his earlier years in Ionia he superintended the construction of the Dexter 
street highwater road, and For many years after that he was superintendent of 
buildings and bridges on the Pere Marquette and Grand Trunk railways.   He was 
a member of Ionia lodge of the Free Masons, the Woodmen, and the Royal 
Accanum.  

The carriers were all neighbors: W. F. Marquette, Emory W. More, Frank Baker, 
Ray E. Curtis, Seymour Clark, and Al Kreuger.



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