Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Densmore,1944, Carrie May (Otis) January 8, 1944
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Sentinel Standard – Monday, 10 January 1944
Sentinel Standard – Monday, 10 January 1944

Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie May Densmore, 73, of Saranac who died 
Saturday evening in the Ionia County memorial hospital following an illness of 
two weeks, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Densmore home in 
Saranac.  Rev. John Gerhing, of Hart, will officiate and burial will be in the 
family lot in Saranac cemetery. 

Pallbearers will be Charles Palmer, John Adgate, William Draper, Myron 
Griswold, Max Densmore and Lee Leary.  

Mrs. Densmore, who died as the result of pneumonia, was born May 11, 1870 in 
Peoria, Ill.  She was the daughter of Luke and Jane Otis and came to Berlin 
township with her parents when a small child.  Before her marriage to W. E. 
Densmore, December 26, 1894, she owned and operated a millinery store in 
Saranac.  The first year of their married life the couple spent in Grand 
Rapids, but returned to Saranac, where they owned and operated a furniture 
store and undertaking establishment.  Mr. Densmore died in July, 1940, and the 
store was taken over by the Universal Products Company.  She was a lifelong 
member of the Congregational church of Saranac, the Mite society, Order of 
Eastern Star, Saranac Woman’s club, Garden club and bridge club.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Winifred E. Hart of Flint; two 
grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Crane of Lansing.


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