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probably Macomb Journal May 1979
(Hand written on side) Hamilton, Nina 20 Oct. 1888 - 16 May 1979
Mrs. Nina Hamilton
Funeral services for Mrs. Nina Hamilton will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Sargents Funeral Home in Macomb with the Rev. Kenneth Mortonson officiating. Burial will be in Good Hope Cemetery. Friends may call at Sargents after noon today and the family will meet with friends from 7-9 p.m. Thursday.

She was born Oct 29, 1888, in Gladstone, Michigan., the daughter of Samuel Elliott and Alice Knight Purdum. She also lived in Scotland Township, Macomb, and Walnut Grove before moving to Good Hope in 1946. She was one of seven city school pupils who were given scholarships to attend the Western Training School. She was a member of the B.P.W. Club, the Good Hope Womens Club, the Presbyterian Church and was a Charter Member of Home Extension Services.

Mrs. Hamilton was married May 19, 1910, in Macomb, to Ray H. Hamilton. He died Sept. 14, 1957. She is survived by one son, William E. Hamilton of Good Hope; one daughter, Mrs. Glen (Helen) Collins of Mesa, Ariz.; three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, Lloyd; a half brother, Charles Purdum; a sister, Mrs. Marie Kirkpatrick and a grandson.

Contributed by Debbie Hamilton