Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Yeomans, Walter 1930
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard
Tuesday, September 9, 1930 
HON. WALTER YEOMANS DEAD AT HOME HERE

Former State Senator and Lifelong Ionia Resident Succumbs to Infirmities of
Advanced Age.

Hon Walter Yeomans, former state senator of the twenty-fifth district, retired
farmer and banker, died at his home, 1044 West Main street, Tuesday afternoon of
an illness induced by the infirmities of advanced age. He was 82 years old.
Born in the home of pioneer parents Hon Sanford A and Abigail Yeomans, early
settlers of this county, within a short distance of his parent home in Ionia, Mr
Yeomans was a descendant of one of the members of the famous Dexter colony from
which grew the village, the city and the county seat.

Mr Yeomans was reared on the farm home in the outskirts of the growing village
of Ionia and attended the Ionia school and the Ionia high school. At the age of
20, he married Jane Herrick and was then given a quarter section of unimproved
land in Ronald township by his father. He was soon recognized as one of the
promising farmers of the community. From the first he gave much attention to
civic affairs and during his long residence in Ronald held various township
offices. Later he became interested in the wider political affairs and served as
state senator. In 1892 he retired from the farm and moved to Ionia and for
several years was engaged in the loan and real estate business and served as
director of the First National Bank.

His first wife died and he married for the second time. The widow with three
children, Byron of Alabama, Mrs Lucius Babcock of Oklahoma, and Roy, of East
Orange, N. J., survives, together with two half-brothers, Edward and Frank
Yeomans, of Easton township.
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The Ionia County News
Thursday, September 11, 1930
FINAL SERVICES TO BE HELD HERE FOR FORMER SENATOR

Hon. Walter Yeomans Will Be Buried Tomorrow; Was 82 Years Of Age
Funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon for Walter Yeomans, former state senator
from the 25th district, and retired farmer and banker who died at his home at
1044 West Main street Tuesday afternoon after illness due to his advanced age.
He was 82.

Rev. W. K. Spicer will conduct the final services which will be held from the
home. Following the wish often expressed by Mr. Yeomans during his life time,
all arrangements for flowers were omitted.

Born in the home of pioneer parents, Hon. Sanford A. and Abigail Yeomans, early
settlers of this county, within a short distance of his parent home in Ionia,
Mr. Yeomans was a descendant of one of the members of the famous Dexter colony
from which grew the village, the city, and the county seat.

Mr. Yeomans was reared on the farm home in the outskirts of the growing village
of Ionia and attended the Ionia school and the Ionia high school. At the age of
20, he married and was then given a quarter section of unimproved land in Ronald
township by his father. He was soon recognized as one of the promising farmers
of the community.

From the first he gave much attention to civic affairs, and during his long
residence in Ronald held various township offices. Later he became interested in
the wider political affairs and served as state senator.

In 1892 he retired from the farm and moved to Ionia and for several years was
engaged in the loan and real estate business and served as director of the First
National Bank.

Mr. and Mrs. Yeomans celebrated their golden wedding anniversary 12 years ago.
The widow with three children, Byron, of Alabama; Mrs. Lucius Babcock, of
Oklahoma, and Roy, of East Orange, N. J., survive, together with two
half-brothers, Edward and Frank Yeomans, of Easton township.


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