Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Stannard, Hannah E. (Fletcher) 1906
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Ionia Daily Sentinel, 24 Feb 1906

Hannah E. Fletcher, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Fletcher, was born in
Rochester, N.Y., February 9, 1835, and died at Lowell, Mich., February 13, 1906,
aged 71 years and 4 days.  She was one of ten children, three of whom survive
her, one sister, Mrs. E.W. Tucker, of Indianapolis, and two brothers, Jerome and
Levi Fletcher, of South Boston.

When Hannah was nine years old her people came to Michigan, living one year in
Otisco, and in the spring of 1845 they settled in South Boston.  Dec. 18, 1853,
Hannah E. Fletcher and Abiel S. Stannard were married.  Two sons were born to
this union, Jay D. Stannard, formerly a member of the faculty of the Colorado
Agricultural college, at Fort Collins, now holding an important government
position with head quarters at Denver, Colorado, and Gates L. Stannard a
respected farmer of South Boston.  Both sons graduated at M.A.C. in the class of
’76.

Mrs. Stannard was a very unselfish woman, a woman who lived for others.  She was
highly esteemed by all who knew her and devotedly loved by her children and
grandchildren.  Mr. and Mrs. Stannard were both great lovers of flowers, music,
books and children.  Three years ago they moved to Lowell to spend the evening
of life and rest from their labors.  Here on Feb. 2, they were both stricken
with pneumonia from which they never recovered, Mrs. Stannard entering into rest
four days before her husband.

By their kind hearted hospitality Mr. and Mrs. Stannard had drawn around them a
large circle of warmly attached friends, who extend their sincere sympathy to
the relatives in their double bereavement, and unite with the entire community
in mourning for the loss of two very worthy and excellent people – Mr. and Mrs.
A.S. Stannard.

The funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Stannard was held at the house at 1:30 Tuesday, Feb.
20, and was largely attended.  Dr. A.M. Flint, of Clarksville, officiated. 
Interment in South Boston cemetery, both bodies reposing in one grave.


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