Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Vernon Horace 1911
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Unidentified Publication, 1911

To the Realm of Rest.

Assistant Postmaster Vernon H. Smith Passes To An Untimely End.

Vernon Horace Smith, third son of Mr. and Mrs. K.R. Smith, passed away at 6
o’clock on Thursday evening, following a surgical operation, at the home on East
Washington street, at the untimely age of 29 years, which milestone in his
always serene life he reached on Wednesday of this week - July 26th.

Deceased was taken to Ann Arbor on Tuesday for consultation with eminent counsel
as to his condition, but little hope was held out, and the young man was brought
back to the home where he had lain ill since last December, and at his earnest
solicitation an operation was performed there on Thursday.  He came out from
under the anesthetic in good shape, and apparently the operation was measurably
successful, but a severe hemorrhage ensued, from which he did not rally.

Many friends of the family and of the highly esteemed young man were shocked
into tearful silence on announcement of the death; it was a double shock in its
suddenness.  It seemed to all who knew him, and there are many in this city of
his birth, that he had earned the right to live.  In character he was a splendid
type of the young business man - pleasant, courteous, and of an integrity that
was always above question.

It was an evil time, that just when the sun of his life was approaching its
glory, that disease should seize upon him and compel him to begin that vain but
sublime and heroic struggle which he fought, and which is to end in echoes of a
sad requiem above his grave.

“Vern” attended the Ionia schools until he had passed into the Junior year,
leaving school then to go into his father’s store, whence he was called by his
father to be assistant postmaster, some three years ago, and which position he
held up to the time of his demise, though for the six months last past he has
had no active connection with the business of the office.

He was a favorite nephew of the late Judge Vernon H. Smith, after whom he was
named.

The funeral will be attended on Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, at the home in
which he was born, had spent a happy life, and where he received such constant
ministrations during the months of his suffering.  

The friends are asked to please omit flowers.


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