************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ Isaac Sheets's obituary, Shiloh, Ionia County, Michigan SUBJECT: Sheets, Waldron, Dayton, Thuma, Cliffe, Holbrook, Kidd, Palmiter SUBMITTER: Margie Wood EMAIL: miwood@voyager.net DATE: Jan 31, 2000 PASSWORD> SURNAMES: The Portland Observer Portland, Michigan Thursday Evening, August 13, 1914 Isaac Sheets Dies at Shiloh, Mich. Isaac Sheets, who until a few years ago, lived in the vicinity of the Rich farm, in Danby, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jud Waldron, at Shiloh, Wednesday. Funeral services were held at the U.B. church in Portland Friday afternoon, the pastor and singers coming from Shiloh. Burial was in the Portland cemetery. Mr. Sheets was a veteran of the civil war, having served for three years. He was born in Salem, O., July 22, 1834, but came to Lansing when he was 15. His first wife was Matilda Dayton. After her death he married Catherine E. Thuma. After the war he came to these parts and remained here until his second wife passed away, since which time his home has been with his children. They are Mrs. S. A. Cliffe, Charlevoix; E. S., B. A. Sheets, Mrs. Chas. Holbrook, Blanchard; Mrs. J.D. Waldron, Shiloh; W. A. Sheets, Alberta, Can., Mrs. J. C. Kidd, Cincinnati; Mrs. O.A. Palmiter, Berrien Springs. Mr. Sheets had been a member of the church for 45 years. -----------------------------------------------------