Mrs. Eva Bywater Passes Away Sunday Evening at Home of Daughter.
CAME TO PORTLAND 23 YEARS AGO TO RESIDE
Was Born on Farm Where Part of Lake Odessa Village is Now Located.
Mrs. Eva Bywater died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Addie Ryerson, in this village Sunday night, after an illness which had kept her confined to the bed for nearly two years. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon, and burial will be in Portland cemetery. Mrs. Bywater was 78 years old on November 23d.
Deceased was born on a farm where the north part of the village of Lake Odessa now stands. Twenty-three years ago she and her husband, the late William Bywater, moved to Portland, where their son, Carl D. Bywater, had but recently opened a drug store. The husband's death occurred several years ago.
The surviving children are Mrs. Cora Hay, Grand Rapids; Miss Florence Bywater, Detroit; Mrs. Addie Ryerson, Carl D. Bywater, Portland. A sister, Mrs. Ella Burton, resides at Nashville, and there are four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Bywater had been a worker in the Methodist church society since she was a young lady, and was a member of the Portland church. She belonged to the Rebekah lodge,
having been one of the first members of the order at Lake Odessa.
Children of WILLIAM BYWATER and EVELYN CHAPMAN are:
1. CORA M. BYWATER, b. 26 Nov 1878; d. 20 Dec 1973, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.
2. FLORENCE BYWATER, b. 04 Aug 1880; d. 16 Jun 1960.
3. ADDIE J BYWATER, b. 24 Mar 1887, South Dakota; d. May 1977.
4. CARL DAY BYWATER, b. 31 Oct 1892; d. 13 Jun 1947, Portland, Ionia County, Michigan.
Sources: Family Search, Portland Observer.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
Mrs. Eva Bywater Passes Away Sunday Evening at Home of Daughter.
CAME TO PORTLAND 23 YEARS AGO TO RESIDE
Was Born on Farm Where Part of Lake Odessa Village is Now Located.
Mrs. Eva Bywater died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Addie Ryerson, in this village Sunday night, after an illness which had kept her confined to the bed for nearly two years. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon, and burial will be in Portland cemetery. Mrs. Bywater was 78 years old on November 23d.
Deceased was born on a farm where the north part of the village of Lake Odessa now stands. Twenty-three years ago she and her husband, the late William Bywater, moved to Portland, where their son, Carl D. Bywater, had but recently opened a drug store. The husband's death occurred several years ago.
The surviving children are Mrs. Cora Hay, Grand Rapids; Miss Florence Bywater, Detroit; Mrs. Addie Ryerson, Carl D. Bywater, Portland. A sister, Mrs. Ella Burton, resides at Nashville, and there are four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Bywater had been a worker in the Methodist church society since she was a young lady, and was a member of the Portland church. She belonged to the Rebekah lodge,
having been one of the first members of the order at Lake Odessa.
Children of WILLIAM BYWATER and EVELYN CHAPMAN are:
1. CORA M. BYWATER, b. 26 Nov 1878; d. 20 Dec 1973, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.
2. FLORENCE BYWATER, b. 04 Aug 1880; d. 16 Jun 1960.
3. ADDIE J BYWATER, b. 24 Mar 1887, South Dakota; d. May 1977.
4. CARL DAY BYWATER, b. 31 Oct 1892; d. 13 Jun 1947, Portland, Ionia County, Michigan.
Sources: Family Search, Portland Observer.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
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