Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19
WELL KNOWN
ALMA PEOPLE
PASSED AWAY
DIR. r. A. BAGLEY DIED AT HOME
OF HIS DAUGHTER AT WA
NATCHEE, WASH.
Chds. PettyjOhn and
Mrs. Renner are Decd

highly respected residents Of this
city, DR.. +. A. Bagley. Mrs. G. +.
Renner and Charles Pettyiohn have
passed away.
DR.. II. A. Bagley
DR.. Edgar a. Bagley, one of Alma's
old residents and one Of the best
known of the older residents Of the
city, died very suddenly last Friday at
the home Of his daughter, at Wanat-
chee. Washington, where he had gonc
about two months previous to spend
the winter.
He is survived by his daughter,
Mrs. John Sinner, and one son, LUcius,
Of Okmulgec, Okla.
The body is being brought to Alma
and funeral services will be held here
Friday afternoon at 200 o'clock at
the Presbyterian church Services at
the cemetery will be in charge of All
ma Lodge No. 244, f. & A. NJ.
Mrs. {. f. Renner
Mrs. c. F. Renner, a we'll known
resident Of this city, died at her home
on West Center street Sunday morn
ing after an illness Of about three
and one-half years. She was g.
years Of age.
Harriet Elizabeth Bissell, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bissell was
born near Toledo, Ontario. July 26,
1856. At the age of eleven years she
moved with her parents to Ypsilanti,
Michigan, and eight years later, Sep
tember Is, 1875, was united in marri-
age to Christopher L. Renner OF that
city. They continued TO reside there
for about two years and then moved
TO Gratiot County, arriving in Alma
on December 81, 1877. They settled
on farm about three miles west Of
this city. Five years later they moved
To Alma and after residence here
of six years returned TO their farm
whore they lived for sixteen years. In
1905 they again moved 10 Alma and
since that time made their home here.
Mrs. Renner was a member Of the
NJ f. church and Sunday school for
nearly forty years, member Of the
Home and Foreign Missionary soci-
cites, the W. c. T. L. and Of the Re
bekahs. She was a constant church
and Sunday school attendant until
stricken with paralysis in June Of
1918.
She was the mother of two children,
one of whom died in infancy. The
other daughter, Mrs. Maude Campbell
passed away in 1902 at the age OF
nearly 24 years.
She is survived by her aged hus-
band. who had left the day previous
TO her. death for Ohio to attend the
funeral Of a relative, and was recall
ed Sunday to his home, and by two
brothers, George and William Bissell
The funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 900 p. m
from the Methodist Episcopal church
Rev NJ w. Duffy officiating. Inter
ment at Riverside cemetery. The Re
bekahs and her Sunday school class
attended the funeral services at the
church in body.
Charles Il. Pettyjohn
Charles +. Pettyjohn, who has beer
a respected resident of this city for
nearly thirty years, died suddenly al
his home on Rockingham avenue
Tuesday evening, at the age Of Ct
) years.
Charles Edgar Pettyjohn was born
) April Is. 1861, in Woodford county
Illinois. He completed his high schoo
; work in Terre Haute, Indiana, wher,
he met Mary Eagllston, to whom h
was married in 1886 at Newton, III
, From Newton they moved to Chicago
; where for five years he was cmploye
by the Carson Pierce Scott Company
, The next three years were spent il
Champaign, Illinois. From that ciS
they moved to Alma in 1894 and since
that time have made this city theil
home.
During the first nine years in Alms
> he was engaged in the mercantile
business. IL is also noteworthy tha
Mr.. Pettyjohn began the first rura
free delivery service out Of Alma.
> OF late he had been employed a
the J. A. BARLEY grocery and market
He is survived by his wife, Mary
Pettyjohn, brother. DR.. +. S. Petty
John, two sons, Elmer of KalamaZo,
and Clarence 6f Alma, also tw,
daughters, Mrs. Verne Morgan o.
Flint and Miss Helen of this city.
The funeral was held from tn
home on Rockingham avenue this af
/, ternoon, conducted by the Rev. NJ. w
: DufTey of the NJ. f.. church. The bod.
was laid at rest in Riverside cemetery