Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Shears, Edsel Robert September 4, 1927
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Ionia County News - Friday, Sept. 9, 1927

IONIA BAND MAN DROWNS IN LAKE NEAR MIDDLEVILLE
Edsel Shears, 27, Buried Wednesday From Parents' Home In Belding

Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at the Belding Congregational 
church for Edsel Shears, a member of the Ionia City band, who was drowned 
Sunday in a lake near Middleville.

Shears was swimming with the aid of an inflated tire tube and suddenly called 
for help. Before a young woman, said to have been a Grand Rapids nurse, could 
reach him in a row boat, he sank. The body was recovered immediately and taken 
to Belding, Shears' home by Bruce G. Fales, Belding undertaker.

Mr. Shears was 27 years old. He was beloved by the members of the Ionia City 
band and had a host of friends and admirers here and in his home city and in 
Grand Rapids. He played several instruments, but specialized in the coronet, 
having studied for it under John O'Donald of Grand Rapids. 

He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shears of Belding, and four 
sisters, Mrs. Grace Fitzner, Mrs. Florence Anderson and Miss Myrtle Shears, of 
Belding, and Mrs. Josephine Smith of Greenville.

Funeral services were held at his parents' home  Wednesday afternoon. Rev. Wl 
H. Ellis officiated. Burial was in Belding cemetery.

Additional Comments:
Age: 27
Funeral: Wednesday, 7 September 1927
River Ridge Cemetery # 40, Belding. MI

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