Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sprague, Bertha November 18, 1941
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The Ionia Daily Sentinel, Wednesday, November 19, 1941
Mrs. Bertha Sprague, 67, died suddenly at her farm residence in Berlin 
township Tuesday evening following a heart attack.  She was born June 13, 1874 
in Chicago, Illinois and lived the early part of her life in that vicinity.  
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sprank and when she was still a 
young girl she moved to Ionia where she was employed for a time at the 
Ypsilanti Reed Furniture company.  She later married Glenn Sprague on December 
19, 1924 and the couple had made their home on a farm in Berlin township since 
that time.

Surviving are the husband, Glenn, seven step-children, Clinton, Howard, Ivan, 
Russell, Glenn Jr., F. Wayne and Francis, all of Ionia; eight step-
grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Albert Krueger of Ionia.

Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 1:30 p.m. from the Stone funeral 
home on East Washington street.  Rev. R. A. Rook of the St. John’s Lutheran 
church will officiate and interment will be at Balcom cemetery.

Subsequent Publication:  Saturday, November 22, 1941

Services for Mrs. Bertha Sprague, wife of Glenn Sprague of Berlin township, 
who died at her home Tuesday evening were held at 1:30 Friday afternoon from 
the Stone funeral home in Ionia.  Rev. R. A. Rook, pastor of St. John’s 
Evangelical Lutheran church, was the officiating clergyman.  Interment was at 
Balcom cemetery.

Flowers were in charge of Mrs. Harold Harwood and Mrs. Harry Youngs, and the 
bearers were Clinton Sprague, Howard Sprague, Russell Sprague, Glenn Sprague, 
Jr. and Francis Sprague.

Persons attending the funeral from out of town were Dr. J. C. and L. Verne 
Sprague of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Clayton Sible and Miss Wanda Sible of Flint, Mr. 
and Mrs. Harry Larson of Grand Ledge, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Lowery of Saranac, 
Mr. and Mrs. George Lowrey of Saranac, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Reeder and Miss 
Carol Ruth Reeder of Fenwick.


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