Rosa Cecelia Beland
1913 - 2014 (100 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Rosa Cecelia Beland was born on 14 Dec 1913 in Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois (daughter of Henry Anthony Beland and Rose Lydia Cogswell); died on 28 May 2014; was buried in Sunfield Cemetery, Sunfield, Eaton County, Michigan. Notes:
Rosa Cecelia Fleetham
Sunfield
A gracious lady went home to be with her God on Tuesday May 27, 2014 at the age of 100 plus 5 months. She was born near Loda, Illinois, the daughter of Henry and Rosa (Cogswell) Beland. She and her husband Edgar R. were married 71 years before his death in 2005. They joined the Sunfield United Methodist Church as teenagers.
Surviving are her 4 children, Jeannine (Cecil) Rogers of Sunfield, Ann Merrill of Lansing, Floyd (Sheryl) Fleetham of Grand Haven, Terry (Marsha) Fleetham of Jonesville, 12 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, and 10 great great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Sunfield United Methodist Church, Sunfield Area Sponsors of Programs for Youth aka S.P.Y.'s, Sunny Crest Youth Ranch, Sunfield Library or any local charity of your choice.
Funeral services were held Saturday May 31, 2014 at the Sunfield United Methodist Church.
The family is being served by the Independent Family Owned Funeral Home in Sunfield: Rosier Funeral Home.
Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Michigan. Thursday, 29 May 2014.
also here: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/lsj/name/rosa-fleetham-obituary?id=18553904
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60300928/rosa-cecelia-fleethamRosa married Edgar Robert Fleetham on 16 Aug 1934 in Sunfield, Eaton County, Michigan. Edgar (son of Floyd Henry Fleetham and Lauretta Lucinda Shaw) was born on 19 Nov 1914 in Sunfield, Eaton County, Michigan; died on 12 Oct 2005 in Sunfield, Eaton County, Michigan; was buried in Sunfield Cemetery, Sunfield, Eaton County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Henry Anthony Beland was born on 22 Mar 1876 in Danforth, Iroquois County, Illinois (son of Alphonse Beland and Leah Raboin); died on 20 Jan 1955 in Ionia County, Michigan; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- Census: 1910, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois
- Census: 1920, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois
- Census: 1930, Sunfield, Eaton County, Michigan
Notes:
Henry A. Beland
Lake Odessa – Henry A. Beland, 78, of Route 1, Lake Odessa, an Odessa Township farmer, died at 1:30 a.m. today in Ionia County Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since Sunday. He was born March 22, 1876, in Ashcum, Ill, the son of Alphonse and Leah (Raboin) Beland. Mr. Beland married his wife, Rosa, who survives, on Feb. 10, 1909 in Loda, Ill., and they moved to the Sunfield area in 1925. In 1937 they moved to the Lake Odessa area. Mr. Beland was a member of the Odessa Farm Bureau and St. Edwards Catholic Church. Surviving besides his wife are three daughters, Mrs. Gladys White of Lake Odessa; Mrs. Leah Cross of Rout 1, Portland, Mich., and Mrs. Rosa Fleetham of Sunfield; two sons, Henry Jr. of Lake Odessa and Thomas of Holt; a sister, Mrs. Ella Houston of Rushville, Ill.; two brother, William of Staceyville, Iowa and Lester of Bloomington, Ill.
Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, Michigan. Thursday, 20 January 1955.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103001272/henry-a-beland
Plot 1614Henry married Rose Lydia Cogswell on 10 Feb 1909 in Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois. Rose (daughter of John Thomas Cogswell and Lillian Mayfield Gilkison) was born on 13 Nov 1882 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 15 Jul 1970 in Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Rose Lydia Cogswell was born on 13 Nov 1882 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois (daughter of John Thomas Cogswell and Lillian Mayfield Gilkison); died on 15 Jul 1970 in Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan. Notes:
five children
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103001859/rosa-lydia-beland
Plot 1614Children:
- Gladys Leona Beland was born on 2 Jul 1910 in Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois; died on 25 Oct 1966 in Hastings, Barry County, MIchigan; was buried in Sunfield Cemetery, Sunfield, Eaton County, Michigan.
- Leah Lillian Beland was born on 26 Feb 1912 in Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois; died on 9 Aug 2005 in Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan; was buried in East Sebewa Cemetery, Ionia County, Michigan.
- 1. Rosa Cecelia Beland was born on 14 Dec 1913 in Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois; died on 28 May 2014; was buried in Sunfield Cemetery, Sunfield, Eaton County, Michigan.
- Henry Boyd Beland was born on 29 Nov 1918 in Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois; died on 8 Aug 2012 in Ionia County, Michigan; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan.
Generation: 3
4. Alphonse Beland was born on 22 May 1849 in Saint- Leon-le-Grand, Maurice Region, Quebec, Canada; died on 4 Sep 1909 in Illinois; was buried in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- Census: 1880, Danforth, Iroquois County, Illinois
- Census: 1900, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois
Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51978066/alphonse-belandAlphonse married Leah Raboin on 8 Feb 1875 in Iroquois County, Illinois. Leah was born on 8 Mar 1854 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee County, Illinois; died on 15 Nov 1943 in Kankakee County, Illinois; was buried in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Leah Raboin was born on 8 Mar 1854 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee County, Illinois; died on 15 Nov 1943 in Kankakee County, Illinois; was buried in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Census: 1910, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois
Notes:
Mrs. Leah Dorris
Buckley – Mrs. Leah Beland Dorris, 89, died at the Kankakee hospital Tuesday morning. Funeral services will be held at St. Joseph’s church, Loda, at 9:30 a.m. Friday, with Fr. Griffin officiating. Burial will be in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda.
She was born at Bourbonnais March 8, 1854. She was a resident of Loda and Paxton communities for 49 years. She had lived in Kankakee for six years. Surviving are three sons, Lester Beland, Paxton; Henry Beland, Lake Odess, Mich., and William Beland, Staceyville, Ia., and one daughter, Mrs. John Huston, Melvin.
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois. Thursday, 18 November 1943.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51977955/leah-dorisChildren:
- 2. Henry Anthony Beland was born on 22 Mar 1876 in Danforth, Iroquois County, Illinois; died on 20 Jan 1955 in Ionia County, Michigan; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan.
6. John Thomas Cogswell was born on 28 Dec 1852 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 30 Dec 1891 in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois; was buried in Old Homer Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Census: 1880, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois
Notes:
Obit printed in Champaign County Gazette, Wednesday January 6, 1892, p 5 was provided by the Homer Historical Society.
Mr. John Cogswell died at his home north west of town on Wednesday of the grip, aged 39 years. He joined the Christian Church when 19 years old, and had ever since been a consistent member. The funeral services were held at the residence Friday, at 10 a.m., conducted by Rev. S. B. Jones of Champaign, and the remains were interred in the Old Homer Cemetery. The deceased leaves a wife and four children, all very sick with the same fatal malady.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22082725/john-thomas-cogswellJohn married Lillian Mayfield Gilkison on 20 Dec 1874 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky. Lillian (daughter of Sanford Lewis Gilkison and Rosannah Sarah Hedges) was born on 26 Oct 1860 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 16 Feb 1922 in Bradley, Kankakee County, Illinois; was buried in GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Lillian Mayfield Gilkison was born on 26 Oct 1860 in Rowan County, Kentucky (daughter of Sanford Lewis Gilkison and Rosannah Sarah Hedges); died on 16 Feb 1922 in Bradley, Kankakee County, Illinois; was buried in GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois. Children:
- Ida Venon Cogswell was born on 25 Nov 1875 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 12 Mar 1954; was buried in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Loda, Iroquois County, Illinois.
- William Sanford Cogswell was born on 3 May 1877; died on 7 Feb 1878.
- Gertrude Cogswell was born on 21 Oct 1879 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died in 1965; was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
- 3. Rose Lydia Cogswell was born on 13 Nov 1882 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 15 Jul 1970 in Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan.
- Bessie Blanche Cogswell was born on 7 Jul 1890 in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois; died on 9 Feb 1893 in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois; was buried in Old Homer Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois.
Generation: 4
14. Sanford Lewis Gilkison was born on 2 Jan 1834 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky (son of William Gilkison and Unknown Fawin); died on 10 Feb 1884 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- Census: 1870, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky
- Census: 1880, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky
Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39193024/sanford-lewis-gilkisonSanford married Rosannah Sarah Hedges on 31 Jan 1860 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky. Rosannah (daughter of William Ribelin Hedges and Malinda Russell Cassity) was born on 1 Nov 1835 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 27 May 1924 in Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 30 May 1924 in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Rosannah Sarah Hedges was born on 1 Nov 1835 in Fleming County, Kentucky (daughter of William Ribelin Hedges and Malinda Russell Cassity); died on 27 May 1924 in Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 30 May 1924 in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Census: 1910, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky
Notes:
MHR note: A red-headed M. E. preacher (one of the Ohio cousins) had a charge near the William Ribelin Hedges home and proposed to Rosanna when a widow. She called him her father's 2nd cousin.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39193083/rosannah-sarah-gilkisonChildren:
- 7. Lillian Mayfield Gilkison was born on 26 Oct 1860 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 16 Feb 1922 in Bradley, Kankakee County, Illinois; was buried in GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois.
- Pembroke Rousseau "Rous" Gilkison was born on 8 Oct 1864 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 6 Jan 1931 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
- Mary Frances "Fannie" Gilkison was born on 7 Apr 1866 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 31 Aug 1886 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
- William Isaac Gilkison was born on 13 Aug 1871 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 10 Aug 1960 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois.
- Thaddeus "Mortimer" Gilkison was born on 7 Aug 1878 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 27 Oct 1955 in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois; was buried in St. Marys Cemetery, Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois.