Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sharp, Emma 1908
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The Belding Banner, Thursday, July 2, 1908

Miss Emma Sharp, the young lade who recently died in Lakeview, was a former 
resident here and an operator in one of the silk mills.  She was a victim of 
tuberculosis and for more than a year had been unable to work, gradually 
giving way to the ravages of the dread disease.  After the Spinney sanitarium 
fire she was removed to the home of Mrs. Williamson in Lakeview, where she was 
a patient and uncomplaining sufferer until the end came, anxiously awaiting 
the hour.  At the last moment before her death she said she could see a field 
of beautiful grain and a stream of pure water beyond, that she could see Jesus 
and also her mother near her.

The deceased had been an active member of the Epworth League here and during 
her sickness she had received much assistance from that organization and her 
many friends.

It was her wish that her former pastor, Rev. J. W. Sheehan, should officiate 
at her funeral, but he was unable to do so and Rev. A. Secord of Lakeview 
officiated.  The hymns sung were her own selections, “Sometime We’ll 
Understand” and “I’m’ Going Home to Die No More.”

Mrs. Chas. Murray, Miss Jessie Presley and others were present from this city.


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