Mecosta County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bell, Edna Josephine (Groom) February 12, 1939 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Laura Groom Littlekug@aol.com October 4, 2005, 9:54 am Big Rapids Pioneer 13 Feb 1939 Big Rapids Pioneer, 13 Feb 1939: MRS. EDNA BELL, PIONEER RESIDENT, CLAIMED BY DEATH "Had lived near Borland for nearly 70 years" Mrs. Edna Josephine Bell, 83, wife of the late William A. Bell, died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Allan Edgerly at Borland, after a long illness. Mrs. Bell had lived in the Borland and Higbee vicinity for more than 69 years and was well known to a large circle of friends. With her husband she lived on a farm in Higbee disstrict for many years. Mr. Bell died two years ago. Besides Mrs. Edgerly she is survived by another daughter, Mrs. M.E. (Melvin) Saltzman of Michigan City, Ind., and two sons, Ray of Morley and Clarence of LeRoy. Funeral services will be held from the Edgerly home Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 and the body will be brought to this city for interment in Highland View Cemetery. Additional Comments: Wife of William Axford Bell; daughter of John "Edmond" Groom and Mary L. (House) Groom-Davis-Davison. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/mecosta/obits/b/bell386gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb