Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Stiven, Mary A. August 22, 1889 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com January 2, 2021, 4:45 pm Ionia Sentinel - Thursday, Aug. 22, 1889 Miss Mary A. Stiven died at about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon at her home in this city. She had returned a few weeks ago from Grand Rapids where she was head nurse at the U.B.A. Home, and was then suffering with pneumonia. Her health slowly improved and for some time recovery was confidently hoped for. For several days her condition has been critical, but again she appeared to improve and hopes were strengthened to such a degree that her sister, Mrs. Wm. Templeton, returned to her home at Roseville yesterday morning. Miss Stiven was 31 years of age yesterday. She was born in Detroit but most of her life as been passed here, where her many sterling qualities were highly appreciated. Her father, peter B. Stiven, died when she was an infant. Her mother, now Mrs. A. Goodall, and her brother, Fred A. Stiven, will have the sympathy of a large circle of friends. The funeral will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon Additional Comments: Age: 31 Funeral: Friday, 22 August 1889 maybe buried at Highland Park cemetery where her brother is buried::: b. Detroit 1858, dau. of Peter B. Stivens & Louisa F. (Goodall) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/stiven39280nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb