This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crall, Hileman, Hampton, Hitchcock Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/623 Message Board Post: Mrs. Nina W. Crall - Rte 2, Delton, Formerly of Vermontville, age 79, passed away Sunday (19 Sep 1976) evening at the Barry County Medical Care Facility in Hastings, where she had been a patient for the past 4-1/2 months. Mrs. Crall was born January 31, 1897, in Douglas, Mich., daughter of Fred and Ethel Hileman Hampton and had lived most of her life in the Vermontville area and for the past 5 years had lived with her son at Rte 2, Delton. She was married to L.Z. Crall, Feb. 21, 1928 in Lansing, who preceded her in death Sept. 19, 1971. Surviving are one son, Mahlan Sage of Rte 2, Delton; 4 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. S. P. Hitchcock of Hamilton, Ohio; several nieces and nephews. Friends are being received at the Williams Funeral Home, Delton, where services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m., Rev. David Vardaman officiating. Interment in East Hickory Corners Cemetery. Kalamazoo Gazette Mon 20 Sept 1976 (Submitted by a volunteer, not a family! member)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Couch, Raymond, Horn, Secrest Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/622 Message Board Post: Mr. Herbert Couch - Rte 2, Delton, age 55, passed away Tuesday (15 Jun 1971) afternoon at Pennock Hospital, Hastings, where he had been a patient for one week. Mr. Couch was born May 10, 1916, in Barry co., the son of William and Josephine Raymond Couch and was a lifetime resident here. He is survived by 4 sons and one daughter; 2 brothers, Charles of Ovid, Mich. and Sam of Hastings; 2 sisters, Mrs. Clint (Beverly) Horn of Rte 2, Delton and Mrs. Robert (Claribelle) Secrest of Monon, Ind.; several nieces and nephews. A brother, James, preceded him in death in 1967. Friends are being received at the Williams Home, Delton, where services will be held Thursday at 2:30 o'clock, with Ruth Champlin officiating. Interment in East Hickory Corners Cemetery Kalamazoo Gazette Wed 16 Jun 1971 (Submitted by a volunteer, not a family member)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CorSette, Gibson, Flagg, Bird Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/621 Message Board Post: Mr. Jack V. CorSette - Cloverdale, age 49, passed away early Tuesday (6 Jun 1972) morning at Pennock Hospital, Hastings, where he had been a patient for 3 weeks. Mr. CorSette was born April 14, 1923 in Battle Creek, the son of Jack V. and Margaret Gibson CorSette and had lived most of his life in the Kalamazoo and Delton area. He had been employed since 1963 by Clark Equipment Co., Battle Creek. Mr. CorSette is survived by 2 sisters, Mrs. Edward (Betty) Flagg of Kalamazoo and Mrs. Robert (Ruth) Bird of Wall Lake, Delton; 2 brothers, Charles of Long Beach, Calif., and Ted of Zwei-brachen, Germany; several nieces and nephews. Friends are being received at the Williams Funeral Home, Delton, after 7 p.m. this evening, where services will be held Friday at 11 a.m., Interment in Cedar Creek Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Society. Envelopes available at the fuenral home. Kalamazoo Gazette Tues 6 June 1972 (Submitted by a volunteer, not a family ! member)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cook, Anders, Armstong Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/620 Message Board Post: Mr. Ralph T. Cook - Rte 1, Delton, age 71, passed away suddenly at his home Saturday (12 Jun 1976) after a lingering illness. Mr. Cook was born April 28, 1905, in Orangeville Twp., son of Fred and Cora Armstrong Cook and had lived his entire lifetime in Orangeville Twp., where he was a farmer, a tinsmith and carpenter for many years. He was a former Orangeville Township Treasurer. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Ronald (Sarah) Anders of Rte 1, Delton; 3 brothers, Walter of Cloverdale, Burl of Rte 2, Delton and Donald of Rte 1, Dowling; many nieces and nephews. Cremation was held Monday at Graceland Memorial Park & Mausoleum, Grand Rapids. Memorial contributions may be made to the Barry County Humane Society or Michigan Heart Association, envelopes available at the William Funeral Home, Delton. Kalamazoo Gazette Mon 14 June 1976 (Submitted by a volunteer, not a family member)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cook, Rhoades, Youderian Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/619 Message Board Post: Mrs. Lydia Cook - Rte 1, Hickory Corners, age 80, passed away suddenly Sunday (16 Jan 1972) evening at her home. She was born February 11, 1891 in Wisconsin. She had lived in the Hickory Corners area for more than 30 years and was formerly of Kalamazoo. She was a life member of the Eastern Star and was a member of the Prudence Nobles Chapter No. 366 O.E.S. Hickory Corners. Her husband, Roy, preceded her in death in 1950. She is survived by: two sons, William and Harold Mather, both of Kalamazoo; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Riley (Margie) Rhoades of Gobles; one brother, Edward Youderian of Kalamazoo. Friends are being received at the Williams Funeral Home, Delton where services will be held Wednesday at 4 o'clock, Rev. Gordon Showers officiating. Interment, East Hickory Corners Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the World Home Bible League, envelopes available at the funeral home. Kalamazoo Gazette Tues 18 Jan 1972! (Submitted by a volunteer, not a family member)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cook, Hawley, McCarty, Aidress, Baske, Kipen, Walsh, Chiechi, Nap, Ford, Brooks, Richardson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/618 Message Board Post: Mrs. John (Cleo) Cook - Wilkinson Lake, Delton, age 66. Passed away early Friday morning at Pennock Hospital, Hastings. She was born March 16, 1905, daughter of Andrew and Hazel Hawley McCarty. She had lived the past eight years in the Delton area and was formerly of Kalamazoo. She was married to John Cook in 1962 in Goshen, Indiana, who survives. Surviving besides her husband, eight children; Patricia Aidress, Calif; Peggy Baske, Stevensville, Mich.; Contance Kipen, Kalamazoo; Jereen Langley, Kalamazoo; Joseph Walsh, Kalamazoo; Richard Walsh of Missouri; Mrs. Joseph (Illona) Chiechi, Kalamazoo; James Walsh, Washington D.C.; seven step-children, Mrs. Henry (Henrietta) Nap of Kalamazoo; Mrs. Lofton (Effie) Ford of Tenn.; Hilda Brooks of Schoolcraft; Fred Cook of Portage; John Cook, Jr., Paw Paw; Anetta Richardson, La.; Clarence Cook of Kalamazoo; 36 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Williams Funeral Home, Delton, whe! re services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Earl Chaplin officiating. Interment, Cedar Creek Cemetery. Mr. Russell L. Curry Sr. - Rte. 1, Martin, passed away Monday evening at Borgess Hospital. Mr. Curry was born Sept. 1, 1912, in Allegan County. He was employed by the Mead Corporation. Surviving are his wife, Florence; one daughter, Mrs. Dale (Shirley) Buskirk of Martin; 5 sons, Russell Curry Jr. of Portage; Jerry, Jack, Robert and Larry Curry, all of Martin; 16 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter. Friends may call at the Marshall-Gren Chapel, Plainwell, where services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Rev. Gerald Welsh officiating. Intement in South Martin Cemetery. Those who desire, may make contributions to the Allegan County Cancer Society. source: New Enterprise, Plainwell, Mich. Oct 14, 1971 (Submitted by a volunteer, not a family member)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cook, Armstrong, Beattie, Anders Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/617 Message Board Post: Mr. H. Millard Cook - Rte 1, Delton, age 62, passed away suddenly at his home Friday (17 Dec 1971) evening. Mr. Cook was born June 1, 1909 in Orangeville Twp., son of Fred and Cora Armstrong Cook and had lived all of his life in Orangeville Twp. and did carpenter work in Delton and Prairieville areas for many years. He was married to Marian Beattie, January 4, 1936 in Hastings and she survives. Surviving besides his wife Marian is one son, Gerald Lee Cook, Rte 1, Delton; five grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Ronald (Sarah) Anders also of Rte 1, Delton; four brothers, Ralph, Walter and Burl all of Delton and Donald of Dowling. Friends are being received after 7 o'clockthis evening at the Williams Funeral Home, Delton, where services will be held Monday at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Isaac Osgood officiating. Interment, Prairieville Cemetery. source: Kalamazoo Gazette Sat 18 Dec 1971 (Submitted by a volunteer, not a family member)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Coleman, Buehl Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/616 Message Board Post: John (Mitch) Coleman, Hastings, Michigan, shortly before 2 a.m. today (28 Mary 1976) on M-43 at Sheffield Road just inside Barry County, an auto carrying (John) Coleman and (Joel) Buehl went off the road on a curve and struck a tree, according to Barry County deputies. They said the auto burst into flames either on impact or right after the crash and the victims were badly burned. Coleman was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Coleman of Hastings. His mother, Carolyn is a Barry County commissioner, according to reports. Buehl was the son of Willis and Donna Buehl of rural Hastings, deputies said. source: Kalamazoo Gazette Friday 28 May 1976 (Submitted by a volunteer, not a family member)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pratt, McNeal, Neal, McNeil, Habersaat Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/615 Message Board Post: Requesting obit of Mary V. Habersaat, wife of Jacob Habersaat. She is buried in Lakeview Cemetery Castleton Twp., Barry Co., MI. My best guess is she died December 20, 1906. Her maiden name was Neal or McNeal. First husband's name was Franklin Pratt. Daughter's name: Allie Pratt. Son's name: Fred Habersaat

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/614.1.1 Message Board Post: Alan-- Thanks so much for your help on this matter. Kind regards. Barry C. K. Moravek, Past President Isaac Cummings Family Association

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cummins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/614.1 Message Board Post: Johnsto[w]n/Iden Cemetery Johnsto[w]n Township, Barry County, Michigan <http://www.interment.net/data/us/mi/barry/johnston.htm> Cummins, John S. age 49yrs 6mos, d.2/3/1872 Cummins, T. S., b.no date, d.no date 1870 Michigan Census online <http://envoy.libofmich.lib.mi.us/1870_census/> He is located in Johnstown Township, Barry Co. on page 189R

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CUMMINS, CUMMINGS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/614 Message Board Post: Seeking information on John Sherman Cummins b. 1822 NY poss. Erie Co. m. Harriet M. Cummings who died in 1910 in Washington Co., Oregon. At least four children. Is this family in the 1870 census of Barry Co., ? Also, where is John S. Cummins buried in Barry Co., Thanking you. Barry C. K. Moravek, Past President Isaac Cummings Family Association

Hi all! Happy Spring! Wish I could say that, we got 4.7 inches of snow yesterday. Was down in Ionia and they had none. Only 20 miles away!!!!! Anyway, I am looking for Ionia Co. cemetery pictures. Anyone who would like to share please contact me at [email protected] If you have them and can scan and send e-mail that would be great. If you have them and would like to send them or the negative contact me and I will send you my regular mailing address. I am putting together a CD of Ionia Co. cemetery stones for people that want to reseach them. I now have a new scanner that can scan negatives, positives, and even microfilm! Does a wonderful job. I will get all pictures back to you but please leave me a name and address to do so. I have been working on this project for a year and still am working on this. I have learned a bit of special tips while doing this: --make sure when you photograph your picture that your shadow is not on the stone. Stand back as far as you can so the shadow is not on the stone and zoom in. If you can zoom so there is not much background it helps to see the old writings better too. --best if pictures are taken on an overcast day, this helps keep the glare on the stone down and better to read. --take a soft brush and clean the moss and weather off the stone. If you take a spray bottle of water to clean it make sure you clean the whole stone or you will have water streaks in the picture. If you have more than one stone to photograph, clean them all and then go back to the first then it will be dry --If you use an instamatic like a 110 or others remember that your pictures do show farther away on the picture when you have developed it. --Remember if you are doing your pictures in black and white that they come out darker when developed. Just a few tips that might help you. WISH FOR SPRING!!!!!! Teresa Leak Sweet Member of Ionia Co. Genealogical Society, First Families and Sebewa Association of Ionia Co., MI [email protected] or [email protected] Researching: BAILIFF, CARPENTER, CURTIS, DAVIS, GRAY, LEAK, MAKIN, SHIPMAN, MEYERS AND MYERS in Barry, Eaton and Ionia Co., MI and other places of the past!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Confer, Prusick, Cronkhite Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/613 Message Board Post: Mr. Wesley A. Confer - 11481 W. Cressey Rd., Plainwell Passed away Friday (Dec 26, 1975) evening at his residence. He was born April 2, 1904 in Paw Paw, the son of Lee and Anna Confer. He was a member of the Doster Reformed Church, Barry County Farm Bureau and board member of A.S.C. He is survived by: his wife, Marguerite (Peg); two sisters, Mrs. Opal Prusick and Mrs. Marsia Cronkhite, both of Kalamazoo; three brothers, Fritz of Plainwell, Robert of Otsego and Donald of Kalamazoo; several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Marshall-Gren Chapel, where services will be held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Pastor John F.Padgett officiating. Interment in Hillside Cemetery. Those who desire may make contributions to the Doster Reformed Church. source: Kalamazoo Gazette 27 Dec 1975 (Submitted by a volunteer, not a family member)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Collison, Porter, Cole, Jarman Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/612 Message Board Post: Mr. Art W. Collison - 724 E. Center St. Hastings (Formerly of Rte 3, Delton Passed away Sunday (18 July 1971) evening at Pennock Hospital, Hastings, where he had been a patient for two days. Mr. Collison was born April 10, 1890 in Orangeville Twp., son of Henry and Fennie Porter Collison and had spent his entire life in Barry County and the last six years in Hastings. He was married to Agnes Cole in 1952 in Indiana, who survives. Also surviving are: a daughter, Mrs. Laurence (Violet) Jarman, 1856 West F. Ave., Kalamazoo; one grandson, James Jarman of Kalamazoo and several nieces and nephews. Friends are being received at the Williams Funeral Home, Delton, were services will be held Wednesday at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Earl Champlin officiating. Burial in the Pennock Cemetery, Hickory Corners. source: Kalmamazoo Gazette 19 July 1971 Submitted by a volunteer, not a family member)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sample, Stine, Davis, Starr, Green, Knapp, Wing, Eckardt, Ling Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/611 Message Board Post: The Nashville News, Thursday, Apr. 19, 1928 William Sample Dead In the death of William Sample, Nashville loses one of it's oldest former citizens. Mr. Sample has made his home with his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Thomas Davis, in Grand Rapids practically ever since the death of his wife a year ago the 7th day of last December. Late Sunday afternoon news came to the people of this place of his death at the Davis home, after a short illness of about two weeks. Mr. Sample was 74 years, 10 months and 2 days of age. Previous to his going to Grand Rapids Nashville had been his home for more than forty years, a greater portion of this time was spent in the employ of the Lentz Table Factory. The Hess & Son ambulance drove to Grand Rapids and brought the body to the home of the deceased late Sunday evening. The funeral services were held from the Church of the Nazarene Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, Rev. R.H. Starr officiating. Interment was made in Lakeview cemetery. Besides the daughter-in-law, the deceased leaves brother's and sister's, several other relatives and a large number of friends to mourn their loss. Those who were here from to attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davis of Grand Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Sample, the former being a brother, and two sister's, Mrs. Will Green and Mrs. J.W. Knapp, and John Sample, a nephew, all of Evart Mrs. Alanson Wing, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Stine and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Eckardt of Battle Creek, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ling of Charlotte. If anyone has any information, please contact me at [email protected] Vicki

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Marble, Price, Irving Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/610 Message Board Post: The Nashville News Thursday, December 25, 1919 Obituary Washington Irving Marble, was born in Clarence township, Calhoun County, Michigan, November 27, 1851, and died at his home near Nashville, Michigan, December 20, 1919, at the age of 68 years and 22 days. He is survived by a widow and three children, Ambrose of Battle Creek, Russell of San Francisco, and Mabel of Grand Rapids, Mich. He has lived for 31 years on the farm where he passed away, and his daily life is an enduring obituary written in the hearts of those who knew him best. Funeral services were held at the home at two o'clock, Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. John G.C. Irving of the Baptist church, and Interment was at Lakeview, where the Pythian burial service was preformed by loving brothers of Ivy lodge, No. 37, K. of P. If anyone has any information, please contact me at [email protected] Vicki

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Price, Noyes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/609 Message Board Post: The Nashville News, Thursday, February 5, 1925 Mrs. C.C. Price Passes Away Nashville resisents were saddened Monday morning to learn of the death of Mrs. Ellen Elizabeth Price, which occured at her home on State street. Mrs. Price had been in poor health since last fall, when a stroke of apoplexy left her an invalid. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock conducted by Rev. Longfield, and the remains were laid to rest in a crypt at the Lakeview mausoleum. Mrs. Price, who was seventy-one years of age, had been a resident of Nashville and vicinity practically all her life, and had a host of friends who will sincerely mourn her demise. for years past she had been a valued contributor to the colums of The News, and it is with keenest regret that we chronicle her passing. If anyone has any information, please contact me at [email protected] Vicki

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Price, Noyes, Coe, Spencer, Hoyt, Lykins, Hartwell, Brumm, Kaiser, Garlinger, Brown, Mallette, Bauchman, Marble, Gavin, Wright, Fleming Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/608 Message Board Post: The Nashville News, Thursday, March 14, 1935 C.C. PRICE, NEARLY 87, DIES IN WASHINGTON --------------- Old Resident Pioneer, Born at Price's Corners on M-14, Remains Were Brought Here Word from Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night of last week told of the passing of Christopher Columbus Price, a native and a resident of this vicinity for nearly 80 years, and that the remains would arrive here on Saturday evening, accompanied by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Etta Coe and her son-in-law, Damon Spencer, of Washington. On the arrival the remains were taken to the Hess Funeral Home, where the funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 p.m., there being in attendance, in addition to the relatives from a distance and from Nashville and vicinity, a number of the friends of his of his youth who have survived him, and those who had known him in later years. The sermon was delivered by the Rev. M.E. Hoyt, speaking from the text, "Abide with us; forit is toward evening," Luke 24:29. Mrs. Pauline Lykins sang "Abide with me," with Miss Amy Hartwell as accompanist. Mr. Price was laid to rest beside Mrs. Price in the mausoleum at Lakeview cemetery, and the pall bearers were Fred, Charles and Roy Brumm, Adolph Kaiser, and Roy and Fred Garlinger. Christopher Columbus Price was born at the well known pioneer homestead, Price's Corner's, one mile north of Nashville, on April 13, 1849, and departed this life on March 6, 1935, at Washington, D.C., where he had lived for the last nine years. He was one of five of the children of Alex and Clarissa (Brown) Price, and was the last surviving member of his family, his sister's, Mrs. Alcesta S. Mallette, Mrs. Louella Bauchman and Mrs. Belle C. Marble, and his brother, Claudius, having preceeded him in death. Mr. Price gained his fundamental instruction in a log school house, and later attended school in Nashville and Grand Rapids. He remembered seeing some of the main roads chopped out from the forest, and deer crossing fields, although the township was being rapidly developed when he was a boy. Until he was twenty-seven years old, Mr. Price remained on his father's farm. He then bought sixty acres that comprised his home. Two-thirds of the tract had been prepared for cultivation, and an old log house stood upon it. Considerable work was required to bring the place into good condition. The present residence was built in 1877 and added to in 1888, and the barn was built in 1885. Mr. Price was married to Ellen E. Noyes May 15, 1878, who departed this life February 2, 1925. One child, a daughter, was born to them, who died in infancy. He was intelligent, progressive, and a worthy son of an honored father. His good qualities and those of his genial companion drew around them a devoted circle who mourn their passing. The nephews and niece who survive Mr. Price are Frank Mallette of Howard City, Michigan, Lavant Price of Grand Rapids, Earl Mallette and Russell and Mable Marble of California. Relatives and friends from other localities who attended the funeral were Mrs. Etta Coe and Damon Spencer of Washington, D.C., Mrs. Mildred Coe Gavin of Rockford, Ill., Mr. & Mrs. Orin J. Wright of Kalamazoo, and Mrs. Greta Fleming and son, William Fleming, Jr. of Battle Creek. If anyone has any infomation, please contact me at [email protected] Vicki

Hello Katherine: I saw your question asking for information about old Hastings Banners. I don't know about the newspaper office, but the Banner has been microfilmed and the public library in Hastings, as well as the Library of Michigan in Lansing have reels of this paper for patrons to access. Both places have microfilm printers available. Deb Eddy Charlotte, MI