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Death Of Mrs. Holten

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Parent Issue
Day
29
Month
September
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
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Sunday afternoon at 3:15 o'clock, Mrs. Elinura Holten, passed away at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. T. G. Burlingame, of Ann Arbor town. She had been ill eight weeks, the immediate cause of her death being pneumonia. The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, at her late residence.

Mrs. Holten was the daughter of Stephen and Zeraiviah Geer, and born November 15, 1816. She was married September 25, 1841. In 1856, she with her husband removed to Washtenaw county, settling in Ypsilanti township, her husband dying the same year. One daughter, Mrs. T. S. Burlingame, of Ann Arbor town, and one brother, George W. Geer, of Plattsburg, , Steuben county, New York, survive her. The deceased was one of eleven children. She was of very lovable character and well known for her many neighborly acts of kindness to all who were in affliction or distress. For the past 21 years she has made her home with her daughter.