Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Slade, Mary 1895
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Portland Observer, 2 Oct 1895

Mary, the beloved wife of Mr. John Slade, died at her home in Orange, Mich., 
Sept. 15, 1895, aged 71 years.  Mr. and Mrs. Slade came to Michigan from 
Niagara county, N. Y., in 1880, and, with their family, settled on a farm about 
5 miles from the village of Portland, where they have since lived.  Both 
experienced religion and joined the M. E. church in the state of New York with 
some other families now living near the Slade homestead in Michigan.

Mrs. Slade had been sick since last March, from which time she had been 
gradually failing.  For some years circumstances kept her from enjoying many of 
the services of the sanctuary, but she never lost interest in the cause of 
Christ.  Through her long illness she was sustained and greatly comforted by 
the Christian’s “blessed assurance” and when the time for her departure came, 
she closed her eyes to the scenes of mortality to open them in heaven.

She leaves a husband and four children, now in the prime of life to mourn her 
departure; but “they mourn not as others who are without hope.”  A devoted 
wife, a loving Christian mother, and a most excellent neighbor and friend has 
gone to her reward.  “Blessed are the dead who died in the Lord.”

Her funeral was largely attended at the house Sept. 18th.  In the absence of 
the M. E. pastor at Conference, Rev. D. E. Millard, of Portland, conducted the 
services.


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