Mecosta County MI Archives Obituaries.....Chidester, Ella N. April 1972 ************************************************ 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: Jan Cortez janacortez@charter.net March 29, 2005, 8:59 pm Big Rapids Pioneer - April 30, 1972 Mrs. Ella N. Chidester, 89, former Stanwood area resident died at the Garden City Osteopathic Hospital, Sunday afternoon. She was born May 3, 1882, in Kansas, and moved to the Stanwood area in 1931, with her late husband Henry, from Iowa. She resided in Stanwood until the death of her husband in 1947, and since that time she has made her home with her duaghter, Luella Chidester, of Garden City. In addition to her daughter, she is survived by five other daughters, Mrs. John Deal, Ala., Mrs. William Hollenbeck, Stanwood, Mrs. Milferd Erich, Flint, Mrs. John Roe, Detroit, and Mrs. Lawrence Kelly, Big Rapids; two sons, Robert, Big Rapids, and Jack, Garden City; 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at the Rogers Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Stanwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today and until time of services, on Thursday. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/mecosta/obits/c/chideste83gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb