Ella Arvilla (Crosley) Michel 1885-1958  
Categories: Attended Milton College, Farina, Illinois, Later Arrivals, Rev. Elmo Fitz Randolph Officiating, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 164, No 5, p 16, Feb. 3, 1958.
  Ella Arvilla Michel, daughter of Moses and Arvilla Potter Crosley, was born at Farina, Ill., on March 25, 1885, and died at her farm home near Marion, Iowa, Jan. 14, 1958.
  In 1893, the Crosley family moved to Milton, Wis., where Ella attended public schools and Milton College.   She was baptized in 1894 by the Rev. E. M. Dunn and was received into membership of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church.
  On Aug. 10, 1904, she was married to Charles B. F. Michel and from that time they made their home on the family farm near Marion, Iowa.   (Many are the Seventh Day Baptist ministers and friends who have known the hospitality of the Michel home as they have traveled in the Great Plains area of the West.)
  She is survived by her husband; one son, George, of Marion; a daughter, Mary Stevens, of Viroqua, Wis.; a sister, Mrs. Pearl Sheldon, Albion, Wis.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
  Farewell services were conducted in Marion, Iowa, by Pastor Elmo Fitz Randolph, assisted by the Revs. Victor Skaggs and Allen Bond.   Interment was in Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Iowa.     E. F. R.