Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-06-17
Grattan

To Mr.. and Mrs. Kent Jakeway on
June 10, daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. North of Ionia were at
Geo. Whitten's June 1918. Monday
night another couple came.
The board of review met Monday,
taking dinner at Geo. Whitten's.
Fred Matice and family visited their
parents last week.
Mrs. Mable Byrne Taylor of Grand
Rapids was in town last week.
Among the friends from Bedding at
tending Mrs. Stockings funeral June
10 were Alvin Dimmick and family,
Mrs Clyde Knapp, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Eddy, who were guests at Dr. Spencer's
after the funeral.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller Stocking of
Grand Rapids were called here by the
death of Mrs. Stocking, also visited
friends a few days after the burial ser
vices.
Aunt Jane Casner, as she is known
i
Dr. Spencer was called and she is now
much better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stocking and fourteen
friends from Harvard, also Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Brown of Alto attended
the Stocking funeral.
While raising the basement of the +.
V. Storey barn Saturday, heavy tim
Der fell, breaking a small bone in ii.
Moneys ankle and injuring him
otherwise. He was taken TO DR.. Spen-
Ger who dressed the injuries and made
him as comfortable as possible and he
is doing finely. The barn will be raised
June 10.
Calista Olds Stocking was born in
Utica, Macomb Co., Mich, June IL,
1885, removing with her parents TO
Grattan in 1851 and was united in mar
riage with Palmer Il. Stocking, Sept
-, 1857, the Rev. Sessions of Cannons-
burg being the officiating clergyman.
To this union three daughters and two
sons were born as follows: Lillian,
Helen, Edwin, Verne and Edith. The
daughters all passing in early years to
Him who said, ''of such is the kingdom
of Heaven" In 1863 our sister united
with the Ashley Baptist church, and
after the building of the Grattan Bap-
fist church her work was there till the
pastorate ceased. Since the coming of
the Grattan NJ f.. church she has been
a most faithful member, always ready
for the Masters work she SO loved,
passing To the promised rest June 8,
1909 aged 20 years, IL months and u
days In the life our most beloved
sister has eXemplified those rare vir-
tues and christian graces so seldom met
with that seem angelic in their charac-
ter, winning souls to live and trust in
the never failing promises of our Re-
deemer. To those on whom the sad
parting here fall heaviest is the aged
husband, two sons and one sister, while
the church, Venus chapter o. r.. .,
: and host of friends are mourners with
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of the order two years, doing the work
most efficiently. We truly feel that
our sister found the Heavenly gates
aiar and has entered the rest she sc
longed for. The funeral services were
held at the Grattan M. +. church, june
10, Rev. A. III. Sturgis, former pastor
officiating, assisted by Rev. Elliot now
pastor. Rev, Sturgis gave most com
mendable and grief soothing discourse,
4 the basis being the 127th Psalm, thu
. last clause of the I'd verse, "For so HI
. Giveth His Beloved Sleep" w. ID
] Pond of Bedding assisted in the choi
: in some fine selections, and Venus
chapter took charge of the burial IL
!, Grattan cemetery singing at the grave
II her favorite song, "Nearer My God Il
|. Thee" Under the new method o
= burial adopted by Foster & Ritter, thu
k grave only looked like a canopy o
D flowers, afterwards photographed by
. Mrs. A. 5. Holmes for the family. 1h
- aged companion soon goes with hi
+, son and wife TO their home at Spain
:. D., they having been here severa
IS weeks with their mother. Her onl.
IT sister, Mrs. Lena Cooper has re
Is turned to her home at Reading, Mich
n The home has been sold to +. Border
u and so passes from our midst life 8
= like the beautiful flowers that bore he
:, tribute for nothing can distroy the fra
GRANGE Of her life work.
n Grattan Grange