Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Waterbury, Orry 1929
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, May 2, 1929

Orry Waterbury, Sr., 90, who became a nonagenarian on his birthday last 
November, died at his home, 318 North Jefferson street, at 12:45 Thursday 
morning after weeks of failing health due to the infirmities of old age.  His 
death came shortly after the close of the annual meeting of the Baptist 
church, of which he was the oldest member from the standpoint of age and the 
second oldest member from the point of years of affiliation, and which he 
erected.  He had served the church as a deacon and as a trustee.

Mr. Waterbury was born in Renssalaer county, new York, November 25, 1838, and 
came to Ionia county with his wife when 26 years of age, two years after his 
marriage.  This was shortly before the outbreak of the Civil war and when 
Ionia had but 1,100 inhabitants.  For over 40 years he had lived in the same 
ward and in the same home that he erected.  This was built during the era of 
larger houses.  It is of three stories and includes a luxurious winding 
staircase of cherry.

He was a contractor by profession and among the buildings that stand out as a 
monument to his painstaking study are the Morse-Babcock block, the Episcopal 
church, and the State hospital.  In addition to these and many others he 
supervised the erection of the Baptist church, the Masonic temple, Richardson 
silk mills, Belding, Hall refrigerator plant at Belding; the bank at Stanton, 
the Winter hotel at Greenville, and the Muir hotel.

After he retired from the activities of his work, he spent many hours 
fashioning toys for children and has been known to spend hours in carving a 
toy for some child.  There is many a person grown to maturity since he retired 
from business who will cherish kindest thoughts for this man who made life for 
them sweeter through his acts of kindness.

He is survived by three children, Orry Waterbury, Jr., of Lansing, Mrs. 
Herbert Powell, of Ronald and Miss Della Waterbury, at home.  Mrs. Waterbury 
died in 1918.

Rev. F. J. Fitch will conduct the services from the home Saturday afternoon at 
2:30.  Interment will be in Oak Hill cemetery.


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