Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Stoddard, Mr. & Mrs. Mason W. 1907
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Portland Observer, 27 Feb 1907

Second Couple Die.

Mrs. Mason Stoddard Survives Husband but Few Hours.

Last week The Observer mentioned the unusual fact that William Hobbs and wife
had died within a few hours of each other and would be buried in the same grave,
which was done last Tuesday afternoon, burial having been made in Portland
cemetery, they having no relatives in this section except the family of Stephen
Brooks, with whom they made their home.  One of this couple died on Friday and
the other on Sunday.  

Almost an identical case with this occurred last week, when Mason W. Stoddard,
father of Mrs. R. P. Grattan, died at the home of his daughter in this village
last Thursday.  Heart trouble, with which he had been afflicted for some years,
was cause of death.  He was 75 years of age.  The time set for his funeral was
last Saturday afternoon at M.E. church and friends of the family had gathered to
attend the services, carriages were at the house to convey the mourners, etc.,
when the services were postponed because the wife of Mr. Stoddard, who had been
ill with grip for some time but who had not been considered dangerously so, had
passed away while these arrangements were in progress.

The funeral of Mr. Stoddard was postponed until Monday, when services for both
were held and the remains taken to East Plains cemetery, near Hubbardston, for
burial in one grave.  Mrs. Stoddard was 64 years of age.

The couple were old residents of North Plains, having resided there 53 years
before coming to Portland about two years ago, where they made their home with
their daughter.  They also have another daughter whose home is in Detroit but
who had been here some time caring for her parents, Mrs. Grattan having become
about worn out with their illness and that of her husband and child, both of
whom have been quite serious ill.  Mr. Stoddard has two sisters in Greenville
and a brother in Coopersville, while Mrs. Stoddard has a sister at Zeeland,
Ottawa county.


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