Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Staley, Maria (Collins) 1914
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Portland Observer, 16 Apr 1914

Mrs. W. A. Staley Dies Of Apoplexy

Two Strokes in Quick Succession Prove Fatal to Well Known Portland Woman.

Two strokes of apoplexy, coming in quick succession, proved fatal to Mrs. Wm. 
A. Staley, of Portland, last Saturday evening.  Although she had been ill for 
several days preceding her death, Mrs. Staley was unusually bright and cheerful 
Saturday morning, and the end was entirely unexpected.  On Saturday evening Mr. 
Staley was sitting on the bed, conversing with his wife, when the latter was 
seized with the two strokes that resulted in her death.  At 8:00 o’clock she 
breathed her last.

Maria Collins, daughter of Alfred Collins and Mary Hill, was a descendant of 
the French Hugenots.  She was born in the village of York, Livingston county, 
N. Y., October 3, 1831, being in her 83rd year at the time of her death.  In 
1849 she graduated from Ingham University, after teaching for several years.

Her marriage to Wm. A. Staley, who survives her, was solemnized at York on May 
29, 1859.  Upon coming to Michigan the couple settled at Muir and a few years 
later moved to Lyons.  In 1871 they settled on the farm at Collins now occupied 
by John W. Baugh.  For two years the couple resided in North Dakota and from 
that state went to California on account of Mrs. Staley’s health.  Six years 
ago they moved to their home on Lincoln street, where death ensued last 
Saturday evening.  Mrs. Staley joined the Congregational church 43 years ago 
and was active in the society until her health prevented.

Besides the aged husband, deceased is survived by three children, Mrs. H. L. 
VanBenschoten, of Krem, N. D., who has had the entire care of her mother for 
past three years, Charles Staley, of Seattle, and Clarence, of Krem, N. D.

A large number of friends and acquaintances who have always held Mrs. Staley in 
the highest esteem, paid their last respects at the funeral services Wednesday 
afternoon.  Rev. John H. Stewart, of the Baptist church, officiated, and burial 
was in Portland cemetery.


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