Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sherman, Sophia L. 1936 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 9, 2012, 3:09 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Friday, May 15, 1936 Mrs. Sophia L. Sherman, 87, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John G. Malone, Detroit, Friday morning at 1 o’clock. She has been in failing health for several months. Mrs. Sherman spent her girlhood days in Marshall where she married James Marshall Sherman, April 17, 1866. They moved to Stanton and came to Ionia in 1882. She has lived in the present home at 425 East Lincoln avenue for the past 44 years. She was an active member in the Methodist church. Mr. Sherman died at the age of 84 after they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1916. Surviving her are a son, A. E. Sherman, of Battle Creek; one daughter, Mrs. John G. Malone, of Detroit; a grandson, Maurice Malone, of Detroit, and three great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from the Myers funeral home Saturday afternoon, May 16 at 3 o’clock. Rev. M. W. Duffey will officiate and interment will be at Highland Park cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/sherman18601nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb