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Marshall (MI) Evening Chronicle Monday, April 24, 1972 Luella J. Grimes died Saturday ---HOMER--Luella J. Grimes, 84, widow of Rev. Joseph Grimes, former Methodist pastor, died in Clark Memorial Home in Grand Rapids, Saturday morning after a short illness. ---Born in Graysville, Ind., Nov. 27, 1887, she was the daughter of Simenon and Anne (Burnett) Yager and attended school in Graysville and the Merom Bluff, Indiana Conservatiory[sic] of Music. She was organist in the Graysville Methodist church for eight years and later gave piano lessons. She was also a fine vocalist in her younger days. ---On Dec. 25, 1912, she was married...
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Marshall (MI) Evening Chronicle Monday, April 24, 1972 Luella J. Grimes died Saturday ---HOMER--Luella J. Grimes, 84, widow of Rev. Joseph Grimes, former Methodist pastor, died in Clark Memorial Home in Grand Rapids, Saturday morning after a short illness. ---Born in Graysville, Ind., Nov. 27, 1887, she was the daughter of Simenon and Anne (Burnett) Yager and attended school in Graysville and the Merom Bluff, Indiana Conservatiory[sic] of Music. She was organist in the Graysville Methodist church for eight years and later gave piano lessons. She was also a fine vocalist in her younger days. ---On Dec. 25, 1912, she was married to Rev. Grimes in Graysville, Ind. They served as pastorates in Indiana and Michigan until retirement in 1941 when they moved to Homer. Rev. Grimes died in 1955. ---She was an active member of the Homer United Methodist church and a charter member of the WSCS of the church. ---For the past 17 months she had resided in her church retirement home in Grand Rapids. ---Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Floyd (Germaine) Mains of Homer; two sons, Buford D. Grimes, Battle creek and J. Philip Grimes of Jackson; a sister, Mrs. Paul (Jessie) Cushman, Sullivan, Ind.; a brother, Fred Yager, Kenton, Ohio; nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Funeral Service GRIMES, LUELLA J. Homer Funeral services for Mrs. Luella J. Grimes, who died in a Grand Rapids nursing home Saturday morning, will be held at the Mains funeral home, Homer, at 2 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. E.L. Sutcliffe of Homer United Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery, Homer. friends who wish may call at the funeral home.
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Father: Simeon Sylvester Yager (1844-1935) Mother: Anna Eliza Burnett (1850-1914)
Siblings: Richard, William, Florence, Clara, Jessie, Nora, Fred
Married: Joseph Grimes on 12/25/1912 in Sullivan Indiana
Children:
1. Buford D Grimes (3/4/1914-5/6/2008) Memorial # 31785353
2. Germaine O Grimes (10/13/1917-6/28/2005) m-Floyd Mains Memorial # 11268278
3. Philip Joseph Grimes (8/26/1919-7/13/2001) d-Jackson Mi
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1880 Turman,Sullivan, Indiana Self Simeon S Yager M 35 Ind Wife Ann E Yager F 31 Ind Son William A Yager M 13 Ind Daughter Rosetta E Yager F 11 Ind Son James E Yager M 8 Ind Daughter Florence M Yager F 2 Ind
1910 Turman, Sullivan, Indiana Head Simeon S Yager M 65 Ind Wife Ann B Yager F 59 Ind Daughter Lu Ella Yager F 22 Ind Son Fred Yager M 17 Ind
1920 Jackson, Blackford, Indiana Head Joseph Grimes M 31 Ind Wife Luella J Grimes F 32 Ind Son Buford D Grimes M 5 Ind Daughter Germaine O Grimes F 3 Ind Son Joseph P Grimes M 0 Ind
1930 Northport, Leelanau, Michigan, Head Joseph Grimes M 42 Indiana Wife Luella J Grimes F 42 Indiana Son Buford D Grimes M 16 Indiana Daughter Germaine O Grimes F 13 Indiana Son Joseph P Grimes M 10 Indiana
1940 Somerset Twp, Hillsdale, Mi Head Joseph Grimes M 52 Ind Wife Luella Grimes F 52 Ind Son Phillip J Grimes M 20 Ind
Name: Joseph Grimes Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 1912 Event Place: , Sullivan Registration Place: Sullivan, Ind Marriage License Date: Residence Place: Little York Ind Gender: Male Age 24 Race White Birth Date: 20 Mar 1888 Birthplace: Carbon Indiana Father's Name: Paul Zoldock Mother's Name: Catherine Oravac Spouse's Name: Luella Josephine Yager Spouse's Residence Place: Graysville Ind Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age 25 Spouse's Race White Spouse's Birth Date: 27 Nov 1887 Spouse's Birthplace: Graysville Indiana Spouse's Father's Name: Simeon Sylvester Yeager Spouse's Mother's Name: Anna Eliza Burnett
Joseph Grimes Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 25 Dec 1912 Event Place: , Sullivan, Registration Place: Sullivan, Ind Marriage License Date: 24 Dec 1912 Spouse's Name: Luella Josephine Yager
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