Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wortman, Charles E. March 23, 1928
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Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Sat., Mar 24, 1928
C.E. WORTMAN, AGED RESIDENT PASSES AWAY

Although Born in new York, Former Reformatory Guard Had Lived in County for 
Nearly 70 Years.

Charles E. Wortman, a resident of Ionia county for the past 69 years, died at 
his West Main street home Friday afternoon at 6 o'clock.

Mr. Wortman was a native of Wayne County, New York, and was born there in June, 
1854, and came to Ionia with his parents when he was five years of age. They 
settled near Palo, and here the youth was reared and lived until 20 years ago, 
when he located to Ionia, taking a position as a keeper at the Michigan 
reformatory. Before coming to Ionia to make his home he drove the state on the 
line between Ionia and Palo.

He was a member of the Masonic order.

In April, 1926, he and Mrs. Wortman quietly observed their golden wedding 
anniversary, and the latter and five children survive him. They are Fred and 
Bernice of Ionia; Nellie and Harry of Washington; and Clifford, of Detroit

The funeral services will be held at the home Sunday afternoon at 2:30 and 
burial will take place in Palo.

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