Death and Burial of Susan Higley

Susan Higley died November 6, 1901 in Arbela, Tuscola County Michigan where she and Solomon Leach had lived and raised their family. We’re fortunate to have Susan’s funeral card and a picture of her grave marker as part of our collection…

Text on the funeral card reads:

In Loving Remembrance of Susan Leach, died Nov, 13, 1901, Age 77 years.

‘Tis hard to break the tender cord

When love has bound the heart,

‘Tis hard, so hard, to speak the words,

“We must forever part.”

Dearest loved on we must lay thee

In the peaceful grave’s embrace,

But thy memory will be cherished

‘Til we see thy heavenly face.

Note: Date of death differs from Susan’s death certificate information.

SOURCE: Funeral card, private collection: Susan J. Edminster, Granite Falls, Washington

__________________________________________

 

 

 

Pine Grove Cemetery, Arbela Michigan

 

 

Grave Marker – Susan Higley Leach

SOURCE: Photographs, private collection: Susan J. Edminster, Granite Falls, Washington

About these ads

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s