Mrs Asa Wright's obituary, Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan

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Owosso Argus Press, 17 August 1965, page 5

Death Takes Widow of Former Owosso Mayor

	Mrs Asa T Wright, 87, formerly of 601 N Shiawassee St. died yesterday
afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs Filbert Hartshorn of Rose
City.   She had been in poor health for the last 13 years.
	Funeral services will be held at the Jenning-Lyons Chapel Thursday at
1pm with the Rev Don A. Morris officiating.   Burial will be in Oak
Grove Cemetery.   She was the widow of a former Owosso mayor.
	Mrs. Wright was born in Duplain Township Sept. 25, 1877 to Eugene adn
Clarissa Brown and was a graduate of Ferris Institute.   She came ot
Owosso soon after her marriage to Asa Wright in Burton March 25, 1903.
	She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Owosso, the Friendly
Nine Birthday Club, a life member of the Owosso Woman's Club and a
former member of the Owosso YWCA board.
	She was a teacher and a houswife.   She started teaching at the age of
15.   Survivors include her daughter, Mrs Hartshorn of Rose City; two
sons, Asa T. Wright Jr. of Owosso and Max Wright of Durand; four
grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs Bertha
Bartholomew of Chelsea.