Ionia-Clinton County MI Archives Obituaries.....Spangler, Della 1915
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The Ionia Standard, Friday, October 29, 1915

Mrs. Charles Spangler, who died last week at her home south of Brokaw’s 
Corners, in Eagle township, Clinton county, was probably the heaviest woman in 
these parts.  At her last weighing she tipped the beam at 440 pounds.  It was 
with difficulty that she got about and Portland people, where she traded 
mostly, though they may not have known the woman’s name, will recall having 
seen her in a low phaeton, usually pulled by a mule.

Fatty degeneration of the heart brought about her demise, after an illness of 
four weeks.  She was a daughter of the late Lafayette McCrumb, and leaves a 
husband, but no children.

Undertaker Stokes of Grand Ledge found it necessary to have a casket made for 
this especial case and the dimentions were 34 inches across the top, 26 inches 
across the bottom, with a depth of 23 inches.  This could not be taken through 
the door of the Spangler home and a large window was removed.  Through this 
the empty casket was taken into the house and through it came the body as the 
six bearers conveyed it to the waiting hearse.

Funeral services were held at Compton church Saturday and burial was in Danby 
cemetery.


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