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Notes for Hester Elizabeth HAND

From the Big Rapids Pioneer; Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan, August, 1961: Former Morley Resident Dies. Mrs. Hester E. Barnum, 62, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Alonzo Armstrong of Davis Bridge Tuesday evening. Death was attributed to a heart ailment. She was born December 30, 1898, in Indiana. her husband, Lewis, died in 1952. The family lived on a farm near Morley a number of years. Surviving are 11 children, six daughters, Mrs. Joseph Abel of Freeport. Mrs. Frances DeVries of Belmont; Mrs. Henry Thorsen of Stanwood; Mrs. William Gordon of Clarksville; Mrs. James Detmers of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Luther Shears of Lansing; five sons, Lawrence of Chicago; Leo of Grand Rapids; P. T. of Big Rapids; Harry of Kent City; Donald of Morley. Also surviving are three sisters. Mrs. Alonzo Armstrong of Davis Bridge; Mrs. Goldie Yeoman of Lansing and Mrs. Clara Griffith of Kansas; and a brother Harvey Hand of Rodney. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Rogers funeral home with burial in Pine Plains cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home this evening and until time of services.

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