Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Yeomans, Edwin S., Sr. 1950 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Andrew MacLaney amaclaney@hotmail.com April 28, 2010, 5:26 pm Ionia Co. MIGenWeb The Ionia Sentinel-Standard Saturday, August 26, 1950 YEOMANS RITES TO BE MONDAY Edwin S. Yeomans, sr., 82, died at his farm home in Easton township Friday afternoon about 3:30. He had been confined to his home since a hip fracture which he suffered in 1943 and had been bedfast for about a year. Born September 19, 1867 on the farm on which he died, he was the son of Sanford A. and Marietta Yeomans. His parents were members of the original Dexter colony which settled Ionia. He was president of the Ionia County National Bank from its reorganization in 1933 until his retirement in 1946. Long a member of the Methodist church in Ionia, he had served on its board of directors for many years. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ola M. Yeomans, who died in 1949. Two brothers, Will and Frank, also are dead. He is survived by three children, Edwin R. Yeomans, jr., Gerald Yeomans, and Mrs Edlin Sweet, all of Ionia. Nine grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held from the Methodist church Monday afternoon at 3 p.m. Dr. Howard A. Smith will officiate. Interment will be in the family lot in Highland Park cemetery. The body will repose at home after Saturday afternoon to the time of the service. _____ Bank To Close Ionia County National bank, of which Edwin S. Yeomans was a former president, will close at 2 p.m. Monday for the funeral, according to President Marshall A. Westfall. _________________________________ The Ionia County News Thursday, August 31, 1950 PIONEER RESIDENT DIES HERE AFTER LONG ILLNESS Was Active In Business and Civic Affairs for Years Edwin S. Yeomans, 83, prominent in Ionia County business life and lifelong resident of Easton township died at his home at 3:30 Friday afternoon, August 25. Descendant of one of the most widely known pioneer families of the county, he was born September 19, 1867, on the farm where he died Friday. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Sanford A. Yeomans, of the Dexter Colony which settled in Ionia in 1833. Mr. Yeomans was the last of the Sanford Yeomans family. Four brothers and a sister, William, Frank, Erastus and Walter Yeomans and Mrs. Olive Just, preceded him in death. Mr. Yeomans was president of the Ionia County National Bank from 1933 until he was forced by illness to retire in 1946. He is survived by two sons, Edwin R. and Gerald, Easton township; a daughter, Mrs. Edlin Sweet, Ionia township, and nine grandchildren. Mrs. Yeomans died Nov. 4, 1949. Rev. Howard A. Smith officiated at the funeral service held from the Methodist Church Monday afternoon. Burial was in the family lot in Highland Park Cemetery. Bearers were, Roy Weber, Clarence Johnson, John Toutenhoofd, John Peterson, Murl Hiler and Brook Fuller. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/y/yeomans5180gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb