Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Spencer, Sarah (Lindley) 1923
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Portland Observer, Wednesday, November 28, 1923

Mrs. Sarah Spencer Died in Lansing Tuesday - Member of Pioneer Family of 
Lindleys Stricken With Paralysis

Mrs. Sarah Spencer died at the home of Wm. Higgins in Lansing, Tuesday 
forenoon, where she had resided for the last five years.  She had been ill with 
paralysis only a few days.  Funeral services were held at the Higgins home, 528 
Liberty street, Friday morning and the remains were brought to Portland for 
interment. 

There are three surviving children, Rolla E. Green, Hastings; Dr. John J. 
Green, whose residence is unknown; Mrs. Katherine Hobart, Seattle, Wash.  Rolla 
Green was for several years in the photograph business in Portland.  Dr. John 
J. Green practiced dentistry here and later moved to Ionia, after his election 
as county clerk.

[This paragraph starts in the middle of a sentence in the copy I have.] …Ohio, 
in 1842, and came here when quite young.  She was one of a family of eight 
children, the only survivors now being Lorenzo Lindley of Portland, and Alonzo 
Lindley, of Seattle, Wash.

Her first husband was Israel Green, father of her three children.  After his 
death she married his brother, Oliver.  Some time after he passed away she 
became the wife of Oscar Phillips.  Her last husband was Wallace K. Spencer, a 
Civil war veteran, who died about 10 years ago.  On account of his army service 
she drew a widow’s pension up to the time of her death.

With her home broken up Mrs. Spencer had resided with friends in the latter 
years of her life.  At the home of Mr. Higgins, where she died, she had 
received the same care as would have been accorded a member of his own family.

In 1916 Mrs. Spencer, desiring to provide for burial expenses, deposited in the 
Webber State Savings Bank the sum of $95, with the understanding that it was to 
be held in trust for that purpose.  It was placed in the savings department and 
with accumulated interest the sum had last week grown to $121.24.


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