Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Young, Henry P. July 16, 1937 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net May 9, 2010, 11:22 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, Friday, July 16, 1937 Henry P. Young, 85-year-old resident of Orleans township, died at his home one mile north and one mile east of the village of Orleans Friday morning at 5 o’clock after an illness of the past two weeks. He was born in the state of Ohio, June 25, 1852, where he lived for the first few years of his life, coming to Danby township, Ionia county when he was eight years of age with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren T. Young. The family soon moved across the township line from Danby into Sebewa, where they lived until 1902 when they moved to Orleans township, and where they lived since that time. On May 9, 1872 he was married at Portland to Miss Maria Probert. Her death occurred only last year. He was highway commissioner in Orleans township for two years, and while the family lived in Sebewa, he held every township office at one time or another. Survivors are fours sons, Mannie T. Young of Mt. Pleasant, George of Orleans, Rollie of Orleans, and Ernest of Ionia township; three daughters Mrs. Ethel Thorp of Sebewa, Mrs. Marie Noddins of Belding; and Mrs. Etola Face of Orleans; two sisters, Mrs. Lina Green of Grand Ledge, and Mrs. Effie Green of Harrison; one granddaughter, 10 grandsons, and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from the home north and east of Orleans Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. H. S. Ellis of Belding will officiate and will be assisted by Rev. Frank Loomis of Saranac. Interment will be in the Orleans cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/y/young3853nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb