Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Tubbs, Nellie 1879
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Ionia Standard, 7 Aug 1879

Found Dead. – The sudden and unexpected death of Miss Nellie, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J.H. Tubbs, on Monday drew out expressions of the most widefelt
sympathy and bereavement from our citizens.  The deceased, who was 18 years of
age, had retired to bed the previous evening feeling as well as usual.  Not
getting up a breakfast time the family supposed she was sleeping and failed to
disturb her.  About 9 o’clock, however, her older sister Mary went to her room,
and noticing her feet protruding from under the bed-covering thought it a little
strange.  She stepped beside the bed and saw at once from the pallor which had
overspread Nellie’s features that she was either dead or unconscious.  The alarm
was given to the other members of the family, and a physician was immediately
summoned.  All efforts to resuscitate life were of no avail, and the attending
physician declared that she had been dead some time before discovered.  Her
funeral took place on Wednesday evening, and was largely attended.  Rev. A.S.
Hale preached a very beautiful and touching sermon.  Nellie had never been a
strong girl, and for several years was confined to the house with sickness.  But
her parents were led to believe of late that she was recovering, and would
eventually gain complete health.  The immediate cause of her death is supposed
to have been heart disease.  She was naturally a bright, winsome girl, and was
much esteemed by her associates.  Her relatives sustain a very sad blow in her
unfortunate death.

[Transcriber's Note:  There is a notation on the obituary card that she was
buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.]


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