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Ludington Daily News
Wednesday, 2 March 1910

         PIONEER GONE TO REST
         
         "Grandma" PIERCE Reached Advanced
           of 82 - Ill But Five Days
           
         Another link in the chain which bound the
       pioneer days to the present time was severed
       this week when MRS. F. B. PIERCE SR., fell
       into the sleep that knows no waking. Though
       she had been an invalid for years she was
       able to sit up until last Wednesday when she
       was taken ill with an attack of lagrippe and
       her weakened vitality was unable to withstand
       its ravages. The funeral services will be held
       tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon at two o'clock 
       from the home at 710 west Court street. Revs.
       B. B. Burtt and A. P. Bourns will conduct
       services.
         Deceased leaves one daughter, MRS. D. L.
       FILER of Detroit; two sons, F. B. PIERCE, JR.,
       of this city and NEWTON B. PIERCE of Santa
       Anna, Cal., five grandchildren, one great
       grandchild, and one brother, DONALD HINMAN
       of Blockport, N.Y. Owing to the illness of
       MRS. FILER her daughter, MRS. GEORGE FOWLER,
       will be unable to attend the funeral but the
       remains will be placed in the receiving vault
       at the city cemetery until such time as the
       relatives from Detroit will be able to come.
       Then the body will be interred beside those
       of her husband probably early in the spring,
       in accordance with an oft expressed wish of
       the deceased that she might be laid away when
       flowers were blooming and birds singing.
         MRS. PIERCE, whose maiden name was MISS
       MELISSA HINMAN, was born in New York state
       August 30, 1828. She and her husband moved
       west and made their first home in Milwaukee
       from where they came to Ludington in 1873.
       They and the late Captain BREINIG'S family
       who also came to this city about the same
       time occupied a small house still standing
       on Ferry street near Court street. While
       stumps were cleared away the present BREINIG
       and PIERCE homes were erected on opposite
       corners, the friends to be separated only by
       the width of a street.
         Mr. and Mrs. PIERCE moved into their resi-
       dence which has been MRS. PIERCE'S home for
       38 years. Both she and her husband were ac-
       tive in social and church circles in the 
       early days. Both were members of the Episco-
       pal choir until MR. PIERCE'S death 24 years
       ago. His widow then retired from active life.
       Though she has become an invalid for years
       during which time she suffered greatly she
       has retained interest in the affairs of the
       day and kept informed through the periodicals
       of important matters both of the nation and
       the world. Her needle work too has been the
       envy of the younger generation, and she bus-
       ied herself with difficult pieces until the
       hands were unable to hold the needle.
         In spite of the fact that she never left
       her home, her keen intellect, gentle and win-
       ning manner attracted a wide circle of devoted
       friends both young and old among whom she was
       ever lovingly known and adressed as "Grandma"
       PIERCE. She will be greatly missed in her
       home and among the relatives but perhaps no
       more than by her devoted friend and companion
       of several years, MISS ELLIOTT, to whom MRS.
       PIERCE'S death is a sore bereavement.
       
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