Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Zelner-Foght, Julia 1940
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Lake Odessa Wave, 28 Mar 1940

Mrs. Julia Zelner-Foght died Saturday morning at the home of her daughter Mrs. 
Etta Blough, in Hastings, at the age of 84 years.

She was born in Gaines township, Kent county, and was married in 1873 to Samuel 
Zelner, who operated a lumber business in Lake Odessa several years.  He died 
in 1920.  In 1923, she was married to Marquis Foght, who died in 1937.

Mrs. Foght had been a resident of Lake Odessa more than 35 years and had been 
active in Calvary United Brethren church here and its Sunday school.

She is survived by a son, Prof. Otto F. Zelner of the University of Minnesota; 
two daughters, Mrs. Blough and Mrs. Olive Pilkinton of Morenci; three step-
daughters, Mrs. Ina Gattner of Lake Odessa, Mrs. Nettie Otis of Lansing, and 
Mrs. Artie Mackintosh of Deaborn; six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Foght had been ill since last September.  She had been cared for at the 
homes of her daughters Mrs. Pilkinton and Mrs. Blough during that time.

The funeral was held at Calvary United Brethren church Monday with the pastors 
officiating.  Burial was at Lakeside.

The following from away were in attendance at the funeral:

Prof. and Mrs. Otto S. Zelner of St. Paul, Minn.; Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Pilkingon, 
Morenci; Mrs. James Whitmer and daughter Lorraine of Carleton; Mrs. Etta 
Blough, Miss Betty Blough, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Ketcham, Mrs. Clara Brown, Mrs. 
Fannie Smith, Mrs. Roy Chandler, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Chandler, Mr. and Mrs. Herman 
Zerbel, Mrs. Clarence Texter, Mrs. Vernon Webster, Mr. and Mrs. Vernor Blough, 
Don Fisher and Mrs. Wayne Merrick, Hastings, Mrs. Artie Mackintosh, Detroit, 
Marquis Otis and Mrs. Nellie Otis, Lansing, the Rev. and Mrs. Ronald Hoffman, 
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wierda, Mr. and Mrs. William Glasgow, Grand Rapids; Mr. and 
Mrs. Morris Pattison, Roy Zelner, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Zelner and Mrs. Eva Jones, 
Dowagiac; Mr. and Mrs. Hooper Freshney, Middleville; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse 
Boullard and daughters Thelma and Roselin, Caledonia; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry 
Blough, Mrs. George Karcher and Mrs. Abe Eash, Bowne; Mr. and Mrs. Fred 
Taberrer and Mrs. Frank Walton, Freeport; Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Woods, Middleton; 
Mrs. Eliza Woods, Dutton; the Rev. and Mrs. S. S. Cox and daughter Alice of 
Grandville.


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