Descendants of William SPALDING

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99. Elizabeth Thurber Wing SPALDING

From Dean Spalding's website

Monroe Evening News
Tuesday April 30,1968

Mrs. Orvis,
Dentist's Wife,
Dies in Home
Mrs. Harry C. (Elizabeth Spalding) Orvis, 88, wife of Monroe's longest practicing dentist, Dr. Harry C. Orvis, died at 9 a.m. today in her home at 221 S. Macomb St. She had been ill about 14 months and seriously ill a month.

Friends may call after 8 tonight at the Bennet Funeral Home where services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Paul Markham of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate and burial will be in Woodland Cemetery.
She was born June 25, 1879, in Monroe, the daughter of socially prominent General George and Augusta Lewis Spalding.

She attended school in Monroe and when her father was elected to Congress she went to Washington with her parents. She became her father's secretary and often accompanied him on his daily trips to the Capitol.
Her father, a native of Scotland, came to America with his parents in 1843 and settled on a River Raisin farm 10 years later. He enlisted as a private in what became Co. 4, Fourth Michigan Division, which was mustered into service at Adrian in May, 1861. He served the northern cause during the Civil War and rose to the rank of brigadier-general. He was mayor of Monroe in 1876 and served in other public offices. He was president of the First National Bank. Dr. Orvis and Elizabeth Spalding met in the Spalding home in 1899. The Orvis home was built on the site after the house was razed in 1915. Dr. Orvis had come to Monroe in 1899 to set up dental practice after graduating from the University of Michigan.

They were married Feb. 11, 1904, in the family home and lived in the old Siffer home before building the Macomb St. residence. The Rev. A.W. Allen of the Presbyterian Church performed the ceremony.

She is survived by her husband; three nephews, George Spalding Jr. of Ringoes, N.J., Lewis Spalding of New York City and Albert Spalding of Afghanistan; a niece, Mrs. W.T. (Alice Spalding) Wirak of Florida; four great-nieces, Mrs. Byron (Shirley) Langermann and Mrs. Suzanne Newkirk, both of Monroe, Miss Elizabeth Buell and Mrs. George (Lucinda Buell) Reindel, both of Detroit, and a great-nephew, Joseph Sterling of Monroe.
Her sister, Mrs. William C. (Emma) Sterling Jr. and her brothers, Dr. Lewis Spalding and Brigadier General George R. Spalding, preceded her in death as did two nephews, W.C. (Win) Sterling III and Joseph C. sterling, and a niece, Mrs. Daniel (Elizabeth) Buell.

Monroe Evening News
May 3, 1968
Mrs. Harry C. Orvis

Services for Mrs. Harry C. (Elizabeth) Orvis, 88, of 221 S. Macomb St., who died Tuesday in her home, were yesterday afternoon in the Bennett Funeral Home.
The Rev. Paul Markham of the First Presbyterian Church officiated and burial was in Woodland Cemetery.
Bearers were Warren Bleyaert, Jacob Bunkleman, Joseph Sterling, Landon Cooke, Dr. F.J. Dorner and Daniel Buell.

Harry Chantler ORVIS

From Dean Spalding's website

Monroe Evening News
Thursday, July 9, 1970
DR. HARRY C. ORVIS
Dr. Orvis Dies at Home
Dr. Harry C. Orvis, 91, a Monroe dentist for 66 years until closing his office at 14 Washington St. in 1966, died at 10:35 p.m. yesterday in the family residence at 221 S. Macomb St. He had been seriously ill for six months.

Dr. Orvis was twice elected mayor of Monroe and served four years as chairman of the Monroe County Emergency Relief Commission.

Friends may call at the Rupp Funeral Home where services will be a 3:30 p.m. tomorrow with the Rev. Paul Markham of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery. committal service at the grave will be conducted by Monroe Lodge No. 27 Free and Accepted Masons.

Dr. Orvis was born May 4, 1879, the son of Quaker parents William M. and Emily (Dennis) Orvis at Whitby, Ontario, Canada. His mother died when he was an infant and he was raised in the home of an aunt, a sister of his mother. His father worked in Kansas but visited his two sons, Harry and an older brother, Fred, each summer. His father died in 1895.

Harry came to Michigan a short time later, joining his brother who had been visiting in Port Huron with their uncle, Marshall Dennis, who was a dentist. The boys were impressed with the profession and entered the University of Michigan Dental School together, graduating in 1899. Fred settled in Blissfield while Harry came to Monroe at the invitation of Dr. A. M. Long who had started his practice in Monroe in 1871. Dr. Long died in 1939.

Dr. Orvis opened his own office at 14 Washington St. in 1900 and continued at that location until his retirement from active practice in 1966. His 66 years as a dentist is believed to be a longevity record in the county. Dr. Orvis was first elected mayor of Monroe in 1911, serving a one year term, and them elected again in 1913. The city business was conducted on the second floor of the building at 13-15 Washington St. in those days with the police, fire department and water board located on the first floor. Dr. Orvis was a Democrat.  Dr. Orvis was appointed to the Monroe County Emergency Welfare Relief Commission in 1934 and became chairman by appointment of Rev. William A. Comstock upon recommendation of the Michigan Emergency Relief Commission.

Dr. Orvis served at a time when relief demands could not be met by the city and townships and he devoted many hours in welfare administration work. Dr. Orvis served until March 1, 1938, when a centralized welfare organization was set up under a state legislative act. Active in Masonic circles since he was 21, Dr. Orvis was a member of Monroe Lodge 27, Free an Accepted Masons, and River Raisin Chapter 22. Royal Arch masons. He was a member of the Monroe Shrine and Monroe Commandery 19, Knights Templar, for many years. Dr. Orvis was a member of the Monroe Exchange Club many years and headed important committees. He was a member of the Michigan Dental Society and the Monroe County Dental Society.

His marriage to Elizabeth Thurber Wing Spalding, daughter of General and Mrs. George Spalding, in the Spalding home Feb. 11, 1904, was a major social event in the city. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. A. W. Allen of the First Presbyterian Church. They celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary in 1968 and she died April 30 of that year at the age of 88. The family home was at 221 S. Macomb St. since about 1915.
Dr. Orvis brought Dr. H. A. Sprague from Dowagiac about 1908 and Dr. Sprague shared the office at 14 Washington St. for six or seven years. Dr. Walter Denig came to the office after World War I and shared it with Dr. Orvis for about 20 years. Dr. Robert Clark was one of the last of the dentists working with Dr. Orvis over his 66 years.

Dr. Orvis is survived by three nieces living in Canada and by great-nieces, Mrs. Byron L. Langerman and Mrs. Suzanne E. Newkirk of Monroe, Mrs. John McCormick and Mrs. George Reindel III of Grosse Pointe, and a great-nephew, Joe W. Sterling of Monroe.

Monroe Evening News
Friday, July 10, 1970
Dr. Harry C. Orvis
Funeral services for Dr. Harry C. Orvis, a Monroe dentist for 66 years and a director of the First National Bank of Monroe for 41 years, will be at 3:30 p.. today at the Rupp Funeral Home with burial in Woodland Cemetery. Dr. Orvis died Wednesday at his home, 221 S. Macomb St.

Dr. Orvis, 91, closed his dental office in 1966 after 65 years in the same location at 14 Washington St. He was elected to the bank's board of directors in 1926, retiring in 1967 but continuing as an honorary member of the board. Dr. Orvis became vice chairman of the Monroe Chapter, American Red Cross, in 1917, serving throughout the World War I years. He was chairman for 1 years after World War I and continued on the board of directors until Jan. 25, 1938. His wife was a charter member when the chapter was organized April 15, 1915. Dr. Orvis also was mayor of Monroe for two terms.

The Rev. Paul Markham of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate at services today with Monroe Lodge 27, Free and Accepted Masons, having committal services at the grave.

Monroe Evening News
Saturday July 11, 1970
Dr. Harry C. Orvis

Services for Dr. Harry C. Orvis, 91 of 221 S. Macomb St., who died Wednesday in his home. were yesterday at the Rupp Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Markham of the first Presbyterian Church officiating. Committal services at the grave were conducted by Al Sweatt. Ralph Towler, Russell J. Wimkleman and Albert Stumpmeier of Monroe Lodge 27, Free and Accepted Masons. Burial was in Woodland Cemetery.

Bearers were Warren Bleyaert, Woodrow Kurtsz, Harold Rammler, Edmund W. Reisig Jr., Harry Lockwood and Leslie Gruber. Honorary bearers were Edmund W. Reisig, Jacob Bunkleman, Landon Cooke, Lewis Wagner, Earl Billmire and David E. Winkworth.