Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Welch, Nancy (Sprague) 1915
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Unidentified Publication, 1915

Mrs. Nancy Welch Dead.

County’s Oldest Pioneer Woman Goes To Her Reward

Mrs. Nancy Welch, one of Ionia county’s oldest residents, died this morning at
half-past ten o’clock, in Easton.  Mrs. Welch lived until a year ago in her own
home on High street and Kimball alley, this city, but old age and infirmity made
it necessary for her to depend on others, and she changed from the house where
she had lived for about thirty years.  Before coming to town she lived on her
farm in Easton for many years.  She came to Michigan from New York in 1838, and
was 96 years old on July the 14th.

Mrs. Welch’s maiden name was Nancy Sprague.  She married Simon Welch, who died
54 years ago.  There are three children, Rev. Vine P. Welch of Harvey, North
Dakota, John Welch of Portland, and Mrs. Emory F. Strong of Easton.  Mrs. Welch
was a woman of extraordinary vitality, being able to do her own housework until
three or four years ago, in spite of the fact that she has been crippled for
eighteen years by the breaking of a hip.  She had several strokes of paralysis
during the last few months, but her constitution supported her under remarkable
circumstances.

It is probable that the funeral will be held at 2:00 o’clock on Monday
afternoon, though decision depends on word from the son in Dakota.  It will be
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Finch, on the Drake farm in Easton.


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