Coopersville Observer, November 18, 1891

The funeral of Captain Stephen Lowing, of whose death mention was made in The Observer of last week, took place on Friday last. The service was held at the Bosworth schoolhouse near his pioneer home in Georgetown. The funeral services were conducted by a Grand Haven clergyman and his pallbearers were his former associates at the bar. The large assemblage of friends and citizens from far and near was an indication of the high esteem in which the deceased was by those within the scope of his acquaintance. Thus, one by one, those among us who felled the fir forests and occupied positions of honor and usefulness, rest from their labors.

In many respects Mr. Lowing was a remarkable man. He possessed great native ability. He was shrewd and far-sighted. He did not begin the study of law until he was nearly fifty years of age, yet he became distinguished in the profession. Had his early education been a liberal one in college or university, instead of have been confined to a single term in a log school house in western New York, he would undoubtedly would have stood in the first rank of the legal profession, and risen to a position of honor in the councils of the state and nation.

Captain Lowing served in the 3^rd Michigan Infantry, Co. I during the Civil War. He was born January 15, 1817 in New York and died November 14, 1891. He is buried in Georgetown Cemetery.