Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Stine, David (Mr.) November 28, 1923
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Lake Odessa Wave - Times - December 14, 1923
          VILLAGE PIONEER BROUGHT TO LAKE ODESSA FOR BURIAL
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        DAVID STINE DIES SUDDENLY IN RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
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   Among the early pioneers of Lake Odessa was David Stine, a man prominent in
village affairs.  He was a 
mechanic and worked at different lines.  He built the home in which the family lived
for twenty years in this 
village, the house just south of the G. A. R. hall, while many of the sidewalk's in
the village today bear his 
name.
   He was a member of the Congregational Church, a deputy sheriff under Sheriff
Jodan, a constable and was 
connected with the Maccabees
   Mr. Stine died suddenly Wednesday, November 28, while helping unload alfalfa seed
on his farm near Rapid 
City.  The body was accompanied by his wife and son Alton to Portland and from there
to Lake Odessa where 
burial took place last Thursday.
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                                                  OBITUARY
   David Stine was born in Ashland county, Ohio, February 28, 1852, and died at
Rapid City, South Dakota, 
November 28, 1923, aged 71 years and 9 months.
   He was one of nine children only two surviving him.  He came to Michigan in his
early boyhood and settled 
with his parents in Eaton county near Charlotte.
   He was married December 24, 1871, to Miss Almira Dibble of Hastings.  To this
union were born five 
children; Maud, Ernest L. Ozora, Alton and an infant child, all but Ozorn and Alton
have passed on before him 
to their eternal home.
   In 1887 they came to Lake Odessa when the town was first started and when the
children received their 
schooling.  He built the home in which they lived, was identified with the growth of
the village until he moved 
to Dakota in 1907, where he lived three years in Beadle county.  In 1911 he moved to
Penninton county, but in 
1920 sold out and went to Huron.  After this Mr. Stine came to Michigan and other
points visiting relatives and 
friends.
   On November 28, while helping his man on the farm south of Rapid City, he
remarked that he felt sleepy and 
said he would lie down and would soon be all right.  He never awakened, dying of
heart trouble as he lay 
asleep.
   He leaves a devoted wife, a daughter, Mrs. Ozora Bennett of Portland, a son Alton
L. Stine, deputy collector 
of customs of Rapid City, South Dakota, five grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
   Mr. Stine was a faithul member of the Congregational Church while living in Lake
Odessa, but joined the 
Methodist Church in Dakota.  He had been a member of the Maccabes for a number of
years and was a 
member of the Elks.
   The funeral was held at the Congregational church last Thursday, Rev. Bancroft of
Portland preaching and 
the music was by Wm. Gilson, Mrs. O. C. Russ, Illo Lucas and Thomas Johnson.
   Burial was in Lakeside cemetery.
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                              CARD OF THANKS
   We wish to thank the friends of Lake Odessa for the kindness and sympathy shown
us during the burial of 
our husband and father; especially the choir, the pall bearers and Church board for
the use of the church.
                      Mrs. Almira Stine,
                      Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Bennett,
                      Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Stine

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