The Lawton Leader carried the obituary for Mary (Blett) Webster on 26 Feb 1942: "Aged Resident Dies Funeral Rites Held For Mrs. Fred Webster, 90 Mrs. Mary Webster, 90, until recently a resident of Lawton, died early Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nora Jackson of Vicksburg. Infirmities of age caused her death. Mrs. Webster was born Dec. 19, 1851 in Pennsylvania, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Blett, and came with her parents to Michigan when 10 years old. They settled on a farm southwest of Vicksburg and later moved to Allegan county, where she met Fred Webster, who was a grandson of a Connecticut Indian chief. Mr. and Mrs. Webster were married March 14, 1874 at Shermantown in Allegan county, spending a few years there before moving to Marcellus, where they resided until 1904. Since that time they had lived in Lawton with the exception of the winters which they spent with the daughter in Vicksburg. Mrs. Webster is survived by her husband, who is also 90 years old; six children, Byron Price of Otsego, Frank, Fred and Bert Webster of Flint, Stanley Webster of Alamo and Mrs. Jackson; also 22 grandchildren, 60 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday from the Methodist church in Lawton, in charge of her nephew, the Rev. Ernest Blett, of Grand Rapids. Burial was in the Lawton cemetery."
The Lawton Leader carried the obituary for Mary (Blett) Webster on 26 Feb 1942: "Aged Resident Dies Funeral Rites Held For Mrs. Fred Webster, 90 Mrs. Mary Webster, 90, until recently a resident of Lawton, died early Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nora Jackson of Vicksburg. Infirmities of age caused her death. Mrs. Webster was born Dec. 19, 1851 in Pennsylvania, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Blett, and came with her parents to Michigan when 10 years old. They settled on a farm southwest of Vicksburg and later moved to Allegan county, where she met Fred Webster, who was a grandson of a Connecticut Indian chief. Mr. and Mrs. Webster were married March 14, 1874 at Shermantown in Allegan county, spending a few years there before moving to Marcellus, where they resided until 1904. Since that time they had lived in Lawton with the exception of the winters which they spent with the daughter in Vicksburg. Mrs. Webster is survived by her husband, who is also 90 years old; six children, Byron Price of Otsego, Frank, Fred and Bert Webster of Flint, Stanley Webster of Alamo and Mrs. Jackson; also 22 grandchildren, 60 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday from the Methodist church in Lawton, in charge of her nephew, the Rev. Ernest Blett, of Grand Rapids. Burial was in the Lawton cemetery."
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