Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Tyler, Frank J. June 7, 1895
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Ionia Standard - Friday, June 14, 1895

                                   LAST SAD RITES
                The Remains of J. Frank Tyler Laid in the Grave.
The remains of J. Frank Tyler, who died at Grand Rapids at eleven o'clock last 
Friday night, from injuries received the night before, on the C. & W. M. railroad, 
arrived here at 11:25 today, for interment. The remains were accompanied by the 
stricken wife sad daughter, the decease's father, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Stone, of 
Detroit, and a number of the departmental attaches of the Grand Rapids office of the

American express company, with which company Mr. Tyler, too, was employed. The 
deceased was one of the very best and most widely known expressmen in the state, and

a delegation of six from Detroit, and four from Lansing attended the burial 
ceremonies. 

The funeral party was met at depot by a large representation from Ionia Council of 
the Royal Arcanum, of which organization Mr. Tyler was long and honored member, who

took the remains in charge, and at 1 o'clock the body was borne to Highland Park for

interment.

The ritual service of the Royal Arcanum was performed at the grave, and Rev. W. H. 
Thomas, D. D., assisted with prayer and the benediction. Funeral services were 
conducted at the Grand Rapids home of the deceased on Sunday.

The floral offerings were profuse and magnificent, beautifully attesting the genuine

esteem in which he was held.

Mr. Tyler would have been 45 in July, and his untimely and unfortunate death is the

occasion for heartfelt mourning. He was substantially a lifelong resident of Ionia.

He was born in the village and lived here continuously up to two years ago, but was

never away long enough in this latter time, hardly, to lose his residence.

The Standard can consistently voice the sentiment of an old resident, who this 
afternoon said of the deceased: "I have known him since his babyhood, have watched 
him grow through boyhood. He was an exemplary boy, honorable in his every deal, and

in his business life, was in the fullest sense a useful man and citizen."

Additional Comments:
Age: 45
Highland Park cemetery

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