The remains of Wm. E. Bostwick of Dowagiac, Mich., were brought to Richmond Center cemetery for burial on Monday, Dec. 7.
Wm. E. Bostwick was born in Medina, O., Mar. 14, 1858, only son of Nathaniel and Martha Reed Bostwick. His mother died when he was an infant and he was brought to the home of his grandparents, where his early life was spent with his uncles, Samuel P. and Charles E. Reed.
The remainder of his life was spent in Dowagiac, Mich., where funeral services were held Saturday afternoon.
Surviving are his son, Samuel Reed Bostwick; a grandson, Marsh Bostwick; a half-brother and sister, Fred and Emily Bostwick; four cousins, H. W. Bostwick of East Bloomfield, Mrs. Caroline Blackmer, George P. Reed, and Mrs. Elizabeth M. Reed of Honeoye.
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Mrs. Anna May Bostwick of Dowagiac, Mich., widow of Wm. E. Bostwick, died at her home last Monday at the age of 78, following an illness of two months. Her health had been poor since last March, when her only son, Reed Bostwick, was killed in an auto accident. Funeral services were held yesterday at the home of Mrs. Reed Bostwick in Cassopolis, Mich. Surviving are a brother, Alva Reed, and a sister, Mrs. Belle White, both of Livonia; and a grandson, Marsh Reed Bostwick of Chicago.
Mrs. Bostwick was born in the town of Conesus, but after her marriage went to Michigan, which had been her home ever since.
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