Lydia Elizabeth Abbey was born in Warren, Macomb Co., MI, January 12, 1853, and departed this life Tuesday, August 25, 1925, aged 72 years, 7 months and 13 days.
She came to live with her daughter, Mrs. Maud B. Hillier about twenty years ago.
She leaves to mourn their loss one son, Clifford Ediker, of Saginaw, and one daughter, Mrs. John Hillier, with whom she made her home, also two brothers and two sister, and five grand children and five great-grandchildren and many friends.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon with prayer at the house at one o/clock anbd sermon at the Sears church at two o'clock, conducted by Rev. M.A. Braund. Interment was made at Forest Hill cemetery. Evart Review, page 1 column 5, Friday, September 4, 1925.

Death Place: Orient Twp., Osceola, Michigan

Name: Allen
Gender: Female
Death Date: 30 Sep 1908
Death Place: Richland, Saginaw Co., Michigan
Age: 0
Birth Date: 1908
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Chas. H. Allen
Mother's Name: Alva Hartwell
"Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,"

Name: Albert T. Brown
Age (Expanded): 38 years
Birth Year: 1886
Birthplace: Mich
Spouse's Name: Carrie B. Stockton
Spouse's Age (Expanded): 41 years
Spouse's Birth Year: 1883
Spouse's Birthplace: Penn
Event Date: 06 Mar 1924
Event Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Father's Name: Timothy R.
Mother's Name: Alvie B. Hartwell
Spouse's Father's Name: Geo. Smith
Spouse's Mother's Name: Emma Foster
"Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925,"

Name: Eva Hartwell
Birth Date: 03 Nov 1867
Birthplace: Warren, Macomb, Michigan
Gender: Female
Father's Name: Liberty Hartwell
Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Name: Rachel Hartwell
Mother's Birthplace: Michigan
"Michigan, Births, 1867-1902,"

Name: Burt Hartwell
Birth Date: 03 Nov 1867
Birthplace: Warren, Macomb, Michigan
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Liberty Hartwell
Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Name: Rachel Hartwell
Mother's Birthplace: Michigan
"Michigan, Births, 1867-1902,"

Lydia Hartwell Spouse
Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940
birth: 1853
marriage: 17 April 1873, Macomb, Michigan, United States
spouse: Frederick Ediker.

Willis Abby...death 1907, Utica, MI
Marriage: 14 Jul 1886
Saginaw, Michigan, United States

1910 census shows Lydia as housekeeper in her daughter, Sarah Collins, household, a widow, 3 children, 3 still alive.