Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, A. M. January 25, 1883 ************************************************ 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 July 16, 2010, 7:18 pm The Portland Observer, Wednesday, January 31, 1883 Mr. A. M. Smith died Thursday Jan. 25, at his home in Danby. He passed away without a struggle, though he was seventy two years of age and in feeble health and confined to his home, he was one of those men whose death causes general grief. He died in the fullest trust in him whose “mercy endureth forever.” The funeral services were performed in the Methodist church, under the auspices of the Portland Lodge F. and A.M. The very universal concourse of people who thronged the church with as many more who were obliged to remain in the street or return to their homes, but faintly signified the esteem in which Mr. Smith was held; the procession to the grave was the largest we ever witnessed. The Masonic services throughout were performed with marked propriety and gravity. The Universalist minister of Portland preached the sermon. His exegsis was plain and philosophically sustained. The family have the largest sympathy. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/smith7074nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb