Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wortley, Elizabeth (Lepard) 1954
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Ionia Sentinel, 8 Apr 1954

Mrs. Joseph Wortley Died Saturday.

Mrs. Elizabeth Wortley, 96, oldest local resident, passed away Saturday at the
Cook Rest Home in Ionia after a long illness.  She had been a patient therefore
about a year.  The daughter, of Daniel and Margaret (Parmeter) Lepard, she was
about four years old when they came to a farm in Odessa township by covered
wagon.  Following her marriage to Joseph Wortley May 2, 1880, they lived on
farms in Campbell and Carlton townships for many years before moving to their
home on S. Main Street which they purchased in 1919.  Mrs. Wortley was a member
of the First Congregational Church.

Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Ernest (Ruth) Cunningham and Mrs. Cleo
(Glendora) Sears, of Lake Odessa, Mrs. Charles (Etta) Darby of Woodland, Mrs.
Carl (Mary) Campbell of Bradenton, Fla., and Mrs. Lawrence (Leila) Lundberg of
Flint; two sons William J. and Walter D., both of Lake Odessa; two brothers,
Bert and Lafayette Lepard, also of Lake Odessa, 17 grandchildren, 31 great grand
children and 6 great, great grand children.  Mr. Wortley passed away in July 1942.

Mrs. Wortley reposed at the Pickens Funeral Chapel until Tuesday noon then taken
to the Congregational Church where funeral services were held at 2 p.m.  Burial
in Lakeside Cemetery.  Rev. A.J. Pitman officiated.


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