Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....SPRAGUE, Lillian Ella (Townsend) 1924 ************************************************ 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: Pat Blood pat.blood@gmail.com May 26, 2011, 4:53 pm Ionia Daily Sentinel – Tuesday, 5 February 1924 Lillian Ella Townsend was born in Orange Township, March 26, 1885, where she lived until her marriage to Glenn A. Sprague, of Berlin Township, December 19, 1906. Since then she has lived on their farm in Berlin Township with the exception of one year, part of which was spent in the southern part of Orange and the rest with his father. To this union were born eight sons, seven of whom with their father, survive her. They are: Clinton, Howard, Ivan, Russell, Glenn, Jr., Wayne and Francis. The youngest going with his mother January 30, 1924. She leaves also her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Townsend, three sisters, Mrs. Earl Benedict, of Muir; Mrs. Clark Reeder of Orange; Mrs. Clayton Sible of Flint; two brothers Clifford and Lynne Townsend, of Orange Township and a host of other relatives and friends. She joined the LeValley M. E. Church of Orange in early childhood. She was a devoted wife and mother, a good neighbor and friend. Long will she be missed. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/sprague12461nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb