Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wellfare, Hugh Jesse 1949
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The Portland Review, Thursday, October 20, 1949

Hugh Jesse Wellfare, who had lived his entire lifetime on the Danby farm where 
he was born in 1870, died at St. Lawrence hospital on Monday of this week, 
following an extended illness.  His parents, Lydia and Jesse Wellfare, were 
pioneers of Danby township.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at Mulliken Methodist church, 
in charge of Mulliken Masonic chapter.  The Rev. R. J. Fields will officiate.

Mr. Wellfare was graduated from Portland High school in 1891, and was 
valedictorian of the class.  He later attended Albion college, and then for 
several years taught in rural schools of the area.

In 1896 Mr. Wellfare married Miss Carrie Dorman, of Portland, and the couple 
have lived in Danby since.  Mr. Wellfare was prominent in community affairs 
for many years, and served several years as township clerk.  He was master of 
Danby Grange for 17 years, and was affiliated with county and national Grange 
units, being a seventh degree member.  He was also a life member of the Blue 
Lodge of Mulliken; Masonic chapter of Portland, and a member of Mulliken 
Methodist church.

Mr. and Mrs. Wellfare observed their golden anniversary in July, 1946, at 
their Danby farm, known as “Home Acres.”

Surviving are the widow and three children: Mrs. Glenn Boughner, Portland; 
Jesse Wellfare, Lansing; Mrs. Clifton Davis, Flint.  There are also three 
grandchildren.


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