Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Lina E. (Stedman) 1939 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net March 26, 2011, 11:14 am Ionia Daily Sentinel, 3 Jul 1939 Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Lina E. Smith, 74, Thursday afternoon, July 6, at 2 o’clock from the home in Ionia township with Rev. Paul L. Stewart officiating. Burial will be in North Plains cemetery. The body will repose at the Stone funeral home until Thursday morning at 10:00 o’clock. Mrs. Smith died at the home of her son, Zana Smith, Monday morning, July 3, at 7:50 o’clock following an illness since last February. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Porter Stedman of near Crystal where she lived until her marriage in 1883 to Leroy E. Smith, now deceased. She was born May 7, 1865. Following her marriage she made her home on a farm north-east of Muir for 25 years, later moving to Grand Rapids, then to Oregon. About 30 years ago she returned to Ionia where she has resided in Ionia township 30 years. Mr. Smith preceded her in death in December 1936. Surviving are the son, Zana; three grandchildren, Mrs. Delos West of St. Johns, Miss Katherine Smith of Lansing and Miss Lina Smith, at home; a brother, Ernest Stedman of Crystal; a niece, Mrs. William Erridge of Muir and two nephews, Vern Stedman and Edward Stedman of Detroit and one great grandchild. Two sons, Glenwood and Enola E., preceded the deceased in death. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/smith11022nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb