Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Steere, Nina S. (Streeter) 1939 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net March 23, 2015, 8:33 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 16 Sep 1939 Funeral services for Mrs. Nina Steere, 78, widow of William C. Steere, Ionia county circuit court stenographer for 40 years and former Ionian, will be held from the Baptist church in Ionia Monday at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. George Woolcock, officiating. Born in Lucern county, Pa., on December 12, 1860, Nina Streeter was united in marriage with William C. Steere in 1884. To this union were born two children, Margaret, now Mrs. Malcolm S. Wardrop of Mt. Pleasant and Merrie, now Mrs. Ralph Helm of Marshall. Mrs. Steere came to Ionia from Stanton in 1897 with her family, living in the house now occupied by the W.P. Brogan family on East Washington, which the Steere’s built. Mrs. Steere was prominent in the life of the community during her residence here, being at one time president of the Ionia Women’s Literary club, president of the Ionia county federation of women’s clubs, a member of the Stephens Thompson Mason chapter, DAR, and active in the Baptist church where for years she was president of the ladies aid, a teacher and superintendent of the Sunday school, and a member of the board of trustees. Following the death of her husband, January 25, 1928, Mrs. Steere divided her time between the homes of her daughters in Marshall and Mt. Pleasant. Her death occurred in Mt. Pleasant, Friday, September 15. Survivors are her two daughters and six grandchildren, Malcolm Wardrop, Jr., of West Point, N.Y., Merrie, Robert, William, Elvira and Daniel Wardrop of Mt. Pleasant. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/steere30196nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb