Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Trask, Lafayette L. 1929
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The Ionia County News, Thursday, January 10, 1929
L. L. Trask, 88, at one time engaged in the banking and grain business in 
Pewamo, passed away Tuesday evening at the home of his daughter Mrs. Hattie 
White, at Niles.  Mr. Trask had been making his home at St. Johns for a number 
of years, leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays at Niles.  Death 
was due to pneumonia which developed following an attack of the flu.  Funeral 
services were held Thursday morning from the home of Mrs. White, interment to 
be made in the cemetery at Niles.

Comrade L. L. Trask was a splendid character, the idealization of the 
Christian soldier and gentleman.  Born in Ohio in 1841 he spent his boyhood 
days in that state.  Enlisting in the Union army at the beginning of the Civil 
war, he served with distinction until the end of that historic struggle.

Shortly after the close of the war he came to Michigan, locating at Pewamo, 
where he owned and operated a bank and grain elevator for a number of years.  
The Trask family were prominent in the affairs of that village, both Mr. and 
Mrs. Trask being active church workers and interested in everything connected 
with the welfare of the community.

During the late 80’s they moved to Carson City where Mr. Trask opened and 
operated a bank for some time.  It was during the period when the Western 
immigration fever swept over the country, the family being caught in the drift 
that took them to the Pacific coast, their final destination being near 
Aberdeen, Washington, where they were located many years until the death of 
Mrs. Trask.  

Surviving are three sons, Harper, of Illinois; Richard, of Aberdeen, and 
Morris of Niles; two daughters, Ellinor, who lives with her father at St. 
Johns, and Mrs. White, at whose home he passed away in the fullness of his 
years, a beloved friend and neighbor, a father whose princely precepts made 
him near and dear in the family circle.


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