FAULKNER, Anna (BENNETT)
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 1 August 2001, at 5:42 p.m.
Ionia Sentinel, Monday, July 19, 1965
After a lingering illness, Mrs. Anna Bennett Faulkner, 84, of route two, Ionia died Monday morning. She was born July 15, 1881, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bennett, and married Herbert Faulkner. He preceded her in death in 1948.
Mrs. Faulkner spent her entire life in Ionia, and lived on Division street most of her life and on Tuttle Road since 1952. She was night operator many years for the Michigan Bell Telephone company in Ionia.
Two brothers and one sister preceded her in death. Surviving are three nephews, one niece and several cousins.
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Boynton funeral home. Interment will be at Balcom cemetery.
FAULKNER, Frank W.
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 1 August 2001, at 5:43 p.m.
Ionia Sentinel, Saturday, December 30, 1905
Frank Faulkner Passes Away Without Warning
Frank W. Faulkner, the well know painter, passed away very suddenly this afternoon. He returned last evening from Shiloh, where he had been doing two or three days work, and seemed to be in usual health and spirits. After dinner, he arose from the table and passed into the adjoining room. Almost immediately his wife was alarmed by a heavy fall, and entered the next room to find her husband stretched on the floor, apparently lifeless. Dr. Beckwith was summoned at once, and pronounced him dead.
About two weeks ago, Mr. Faulkner had an attack of the grip, but under the doctor's care seemed to have fully recovered. His health was usually quite good.
He lived at Prairie Creek for several years, but his home has recently been on Allen street. Death is supposed to be caused by heart disease.
FAULKNER, Herbert Warren
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 1 August 2001, at 5:44 p.m.
Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, Friday, December 17, 1948
Herbert Warren Faulkner, 72, 414 Division street, died Thursday morning after five years' illness. His health began a sharp downward trend a few years ago.
He was born October 15, 1876, in Ionia the son of Frank Warren Faulkner and Ione Faulkner. He attended the Ionia public schools and was a painter by trade. In 1911 he married Anna Bennett of Ionia.
He leaves the wife and a brother, Arch, of Detroit.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Myers funeral home with Dr. Paul Stewart officiating. Interment will be in the Balcom cemetery. Please omit the flowers.
FAULKNER, Ione (ANDERSON)
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 1 August 2001, at 5:44 p.m.
Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, December 9, 1940
Mrs. Ione Faulkner died Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Foster Kenny, 227 Union street, following an illness of three months. She was 87 years old and was born in Ionia township, February 26, 1853, the daughter of Alexander and Marcy Elizabeth Anderson. Early in life she became a member of the North Plains church of Disciples and later joined the Ionia Church of Christ. She was always devoted to church activities. On November 18, 1875 she was married to Frank Faulkner and lived in Ionia for some time and also at Prairie Creek. Their home at Prairie Creek burned and they moved back to Ionia city. His death occurred in 1904. For the past 25 years she had made her home in Muir.
Surviving are two sons, Herbert W. Faulkner of Ionia, and Archie L. Faulkner, of Detroit; two grandchildren, Mrs. Foster Kenny of Ionia and Miss Geraldyne Faulkner of Detroit; five great grandchildren and one half-brother, Edward Nolty, of Lyons. A sister, Mrs. Josephine T. Miller, died about two weeks ago. One daughter, Mrs. Henry Foltz, died in 1934.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Stone funeral home on East Washington street. Rev. C.A. Brady will officiate and interment will be at Highland Park cemetery.
FEDEWA, Patricia T. (COUCHOIS)
Ionia Sentinel Standard, 9 Mar 2002
Patricia T. Fedewa, 72 of Portland passed away on Thurs., March 7, 2002.
She was born on Nov. 12, 1929 in Lansing, the daughter of Clifford and Florence (Joy) Couchois. Mrs. Fedewa was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church and was a choir director and cantor for many years. She was a member of the Portland VFW Post #4090 Ladies Auxiliary and enjoyed painting, reading, sewing and knitting. She was a registered nurse at Ionia County Memorial Hospital for 34 years, was active in the American Red Cross Blood Drives and as a hospice nurse.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Kenneth in 1963.
Surviving are her daughter, Judith Fedewa of Lansing; four sons, Gary (Kathy) of Grand Rapids, James (Elaine) of Saranac, Kevin of Steamboat Springs, Colo., and William (Shari) of Winter Park, Fla.; nine grandchildren; two and one-third great-grandchildren; brothers, William Couchois of San Diego, Calif., Jack (Sue) Couchois of Wake Forest, N.C., and Richard (Vickie) Couchois of Piqua, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.
The Memorial Mass will be celebrated by the Rev. Charles D. Hall, pastor at 10 a.m., Monday at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with interment following at Portland Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 1301 E. Grand River Ave., Portland. A rosary will be prayed at 3 p.m., Sunday.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the St. Patrick’s Building Fund in memory of Patricia T. Fedewa.
Contributed by: Sandy Heintzelman
FEUERSTEIN, Martha E. (LEHMAN)
Belding - Martha E. Feuerstein, 85 of Belding, passed away Saturday, Nov. 2 at Belding Christian Nursing Home.
She was born Nov. 28, 1910 in Sebewa Township, Ionia County, to John and Anna Slowinski Lehman. She attended rural school and graduated in 1929 from S.S. Peter & Paul Academy in Ionia.
She was employed at the Belding Community Hospital and worked at the rectories of St. Mary Church, Carson City and St. Joseph Church, Belding, she was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Belding. She was married Oct. 18, 1932 to Ambrose C. Feuerstein at S.S. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Ionia. He preceded her in death on June 8, 1960.
She is survived by her children; Margery and Eugene McQueen, and Rosalyn and Tom Kohn, both of Belding; Joyce Coon of Grand Rapids; Phil and Colleen Feuerstein and Bob and Ann Feuerstein, both of Belding; and Ralph Feuerstein of Ninevah, Ind. Also surviving are 21 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; several nieces and nephews; her sister-in-law and brothers-in-law; Rose Kieffer, Leona and Bill Gasper, Pete and Maxine Feuerstein, Alvan J. and Donna Feuerstein, Leo and Joan Feuerstein, Virginia Feuerstein, Geraldine Feuerstein, Louise Feuerstein, and Judy and David Laux.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Daniel, George and James; sisters Mary and Beatrice; and grandsons Patrick and Craig Coon.
Funeral Mass will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m., at Saint Joseph Church, Belding, with Father George Darling officiating. Interment will be in Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Miriam. Visitation will be Monday 2-4 p.m., and 7-9 pm., at the Johnson Funeral Home, Belding, with Vigil service at 8:30 p.m.
Memorials may be made to Saint Joseph’s Education Foundation or the Second Century Fund or Alvah N. Belding Library.
Contributed by: Sandy Heintzelman
FITZJOHN, Laura Jane (POST)
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 1 August 2001, at 5:45 p.m.
Belding Banner, Thursday, February 8, 1940
Elderly Woman Succumbs Early Wednesday A.M. Mother of local mortician. Services Held Friday Afternoon
Mrs. Laura Jane Fitzjohn, 88, resident at 209 W. Ann street, passed away early Wednesday morning after a severe illness of two weeks. She was tenderly nursed by Mrs. Cora Kimberly, with whom she has made her home for the past six years.
The deceased was born April 17, 1851 in Marshall, the daughter of James and Elizabeth Post. Her life's companion Moses Fitzjohn, passed away in 1898, when the family lived in Gratiot county near St. Louis. The following year Mrs. Fitzjohn came to Belding and had made this her home since, except for about ten years when she resided in Santa Cruz, Calif., with a daughter. She was the mother of four children, three daughters and one son: Mrs. Perry Heald, Belding; Mrs. Bert Post, Charlotte; Mrs. Charl Croft, Santa Cruz, Calif; Arthur J. Fitzjohn, Belding. All of whom survive.
Funeral services will be held at the Fitzjohn funeral home Friday afternoon at 2:30. Leo Youngman, a family friend and mortician, of Lakeview, will conduct the services. Rev. Lawrence Gibbs, pastor of the Free Methodist church, will officiate. Interment will be in the family lot in Greene cemetery.
Other survivors are two brothers, Edward Post of Charlotte and Herbert Post of Jackson; also 13 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
FLETCHER, Charles David
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 1 August 2001, at 5:46 p.m.
Ionia Sentinel, July 7, 1948
Charles David Fletcher, 81, died at his farm home in North Plains Saturday night, July 3, at 9 o'clock after an illness of only a few hours.
Mr. Fletcher was the son of Joseph and Dinah Fletcher, early settlers in North Plains township. He was born November 15, 1866. The earlier part of his life was spent in Traverse City, Crystal, Carson City, Lyons and Muir, and the last 40 years of his life at his present farm home. He was married to Elizabeth Fogarty of Suttons Bay, who preceded him in death 45 years ago.
Surviving him are two sons, Donald of Muir and Harold of Traverse City; two grandchildren, Dorothy and David; a sister, Mrs. Ernest Ladwick; and a brother, George, and several nieces and nephews. A son, Howard, twin brother to Harold died at the age of two years.
Services were held from North Plains church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Dr. Paul Stewart read the service, and interment was in North Plains cemetery. Mrs. Melvin Burtraw was in charge of the music. Bearers were Neil Fletcher, Russell Fletcher, Raymond Fletcher, Joseph Fletcher, Ford Ludwick and Kenneth Ludwick.
FLETCHER, David A.
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 1 August 2001, at 5:46 p.m.
Ionia Sentinel, Friday, May 1, 1953
Funeral services for David A. Fletcher were held Thursday afternoon at Muir Presbyterian church by the Rev. John Hommerson.
Burial was in North Plains cemetery.
Mrs. Suzanne White had charge of the music. Members of Lyons lodge, F. and A.M. attended in a group. Bearers were Jack Lower, Donald Barr, Donald Wickerink, John Koyish, Thomas Strgar and Verle Schaffer.
Attending the services from away were Miss Irene Sachko, Pete Sachko and Mrs. Chester Cerepak of Minneapolis, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Alliason and Mrs. Margaret Alliason of Detroit; Mrs. Hazel McSween of East Grand Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Fletcher of Traverse City; Mr. and Mrs. William Knight of Owosso and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Strgar of St. Johns.
FLETCHER, Donald J.
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 1 August 2001, at 5:47 p.m.
Ionia Sentinel, Tuesday, May 17, 1966
Donald J. Fletcher, 71, of 402 Center street, died Monday evening at Veterans hospital in Saginaw.
Mr. Fletcher, formerly a Lyons township farmer, became school custodian after moving to Ionia. He was a member of Lyons Masonic lodge, American Legion, Veterans World War I, and Senior Citizens of Ionia.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Nellie, March 1964, and one son.
Surviving are one daughter, Dorothy Fletcher of Caro, one brother, Harold of New Port Ritchie, Fla., and one grandchild, Karen of Minneapolis, Minn.
Services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Muir Presbyterian church, Rev. Manson Lowe officiating. Interment will be at North Plains cemetery.
His daughter, Dorothy, will be at the Estep funeral home Tuesday evening and Wednesday.
FLETCHER, Howard A.
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 1 August 2001, at 5:47 p.m.
Ionia Sentinel, Friday, March 14, 1997
MUIR - Howard A. Fletcher, 90, died Friday afternoon at his residence at Houghton Lake.
He was born in North Plains Township on Jan. 17, 1907 the son of Clarence and Mable (Dick) Fletcher. He was married to Elsie Townsend in 1931 at Bowling Green, Ohio and then moved to Pontiac where he was employed as a die maker at Fisher Body until he retired in 1968.
He moved to Houghton Lake in 1961 where Mrs. Fletcher died in February 1996. He was active in the Boy Scout movement for eight years and attended the Houghton Lake Baptist Church.
He is survived by one son, Raymond (Deborah) Fletcher of Pontiac; one daughter, Karen Clark of Sylvan Lake; nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one sister.
Visitation will be all day Tuesday with funeral services Wednesday at 7 p.m. at North Plains Church with Rev. Robert Jourdan officiating. Burial will be in the North Plains Cemetery.
Arrangements by Hull Memorial Chapel in Muir.
FLETCHER, Florence Z.
Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, 12 November 1970
Lyons – Mrs. Florence Z. Fletcher, 50 of route 1, Muir, died Tuesday night at Butterworth hospital in Grand Rapids after being transferred there from Ionia County Memorial Hospital.
She was born December 3, 1919, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wright of Hayes road, Muir and lived all her life in North Plains township.
She was married February 22, 1941 to Russell Fletcher and was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic church of Hubbardston and its rosary society.
Besides her husband, Russell, she leaves four sons, Robert of Muir, Paul of Muskegon, Gary of Westphalia and George at home; four daughters, Mrs. Marsha Barnes of Lansing, Carol, Sally and Frances at home; nine grandchildren; one brother, Merle Wright of rural Muir; three sisters, Mrs. Ella Anderson, Mrs. Marion Fletcher of Muir and Mrs. Geraldine Barker of Lake Odessa.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic church at Hubbardston. Rev. Eugene R. Fox will officiate and interment will be at the church cemetery.
Rosary will be recited Thursday and Friday at 8 pm at Estep funeral home north of Muir.
Bearers will be Ronald and Terrence Fletcher of Muir, Gerald Fletcher of Lyons, Joseph Wright of Hubbardston, William and Donald Barker of Lake Odessa.
Contributed by: Marilyn Ransom
FLETCHER, Ione (BRYANS) (STRACHAN)
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 1 August 2001, at 5:48 p.m.
Ionia Sentinel, Monday, June 22, 1998
Ione Fletcher, 78, of Muir, passed away Saturday, June 20, 1998.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 23 at 11 a.m. at the North Plains Community Church. Interment will be at North Plains Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Lux and Schnepp Funeral Home in Carson City.
An Eastern Star memorial service will be held Monday evening at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the North Plains Cemetery Association.
Ione was born Nov. 12, 1919 in Hastings, the daughter of Frank and Minnie (Lechieitner) Bryans. She lived in Muir most of her adult life. She married Maxwell Strachan in 1942 and he preceded her in death in 1971. She married Russell Fletcher in 1972 and he preceded her in death this past March.
Ione was a 1938 graduate of Lake Odessa High School. She was an active member of the Gleaners Society, Ionia County Farm Bureau and a homemakers group through the Ionia County Extension. She was also a life member of the Eastern Star in Lyons.
She is survived by one son, Tom (Sally) Strachan of Muir; two daughters, Mary (Jim) Yeomans of Midland and Martha (Dave) Anderson of Sheridan; three stepsons, Paul (Annette) Fletcher of Concorde, N.H., Gary (Bernadette) Fletcher of Muir and George (Kim) Fletcher of Muir; three step-daughters, Marcia (Gary) Barnes of Portland, Carol (Larry) Wetherbee of Ionia and Sandra (Stanley) Kolp of Westphalia; a stepdaughter-in-law, Delores (Mark) Schmitt of Hubbardston; 31 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Herbert of Lake Odessa and Grace Walton of Hastings.
She was preceded in death by her husbands Max Strachan and Russell Fletcher; one sister, Winnie Shetterly and two brothers, John Bryans and Linden Bryans; a stepson, Robert Fletcher and two grandchildren Dennis Wetherbee and Sara Fletcher.
FLETCHER, Joseph C.
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 1 August 2001, at 5:49 p.m.
Ionia Sentinel, Saturday, October 13, 1923
Veteran of the Civil War Answers Taps
The funeral of Joseph Carpenter Fletcher, who died Thursday at the home of his only daughter Lizzie, wife of Ernest Ludwick, near Muir, will be held Sunday afternoon with Rev. William Dawson, pastor of the Church of Christ at Muir, officiating. After a brief service at the home at one o'clock, the remains will be taken to Union church, where further obsequies will be held, after which interment will be made in the North Plains burying ground.
Mr. Fletcher had been in his usual health until a few days before his death, and had in mind a trip to Florida the coming winter, in company with his comrade, Matthew Gooby, one of his many warm friends. Coming to America about 62 years ago, he settled within a mile of the place where his whole subsequent life was spent, and at the time of his death he still owned the first piece of land he ever bought. Leeds, Yorkshire, England, was his native place, and the date of his birth was December 4, 1840, so that he was nearing the eighty-fourth year of his age. After his return from service as a soldier in the Civil war he was married to Dinah Sykes in February, 1863. She died in April, 1871, the issue from this union being one son, Charles Fletcher, who still lives near the old home. August 3, 1876, he took for his second wife Harriet L. Rands, who passed away April 26, 1906, and by his second marriage there are three children: two sons, Clarence W., and George R. Fletcher, and the daughter at whose home he passed away. There are also 12 grandchildren and two great grand-children, the twelfth grandchild having been born to Mr. and Mrs. George Fletcher the day after the grandfather's death.
In his native country, the deceased belonged to the Church of England, but outside of this affiliation his only creed was to live an honest and upright life, and many a kindness done to people in need were allowed to go unheralded to the world at large. Except those already mentioned, he had no relatives in this country. He affiliated with M.W. Dresser Post G.A.R., and usually participated in public functions performed by that body, the ranks of which are fast being depleted by the grim reaper - Death.
FLETCHER, Mabel (DICK)
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 1 August 2001, at 5:49 p.m.
Ionia Sentinel, Wednesday, November 8, 1967
LYONS - Mrs. Mabel Fletcher, 84, died Wednesday morning at the home of her son, Howard Fletcher in Pontiac.
She was born June 30, 1883 in North Plains township, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Dick.
Living in North Plains township most of her life, she was a member of First Christian church of Muir and North Plains Friendship club.
She leaves two sons, Howard of Pontiac and Joseph of Saline; one daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Goodwin of Horton; one brother, Howard Dick of Muir; two sisters, Mrs. Claude Eldridge and Mrs. Coral Estep of Muir; nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at First Christian church in Muir with Rev. Roger Wright officiating. Burial will be in North Plains cemetery.
The body is at Estep funeral home, north of Muir.
Bearers will be Edward Goodwin, Claude Eldridge, Ray Fletcher and Raymond Fletcher, Kenneth and Ford Ludwick.
FLETCHER, Nellie (ALLIASON)
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 1 August 2001, at 5:50 p.m.
Ionia Sentinel, Friday, March 1964
Mrs. Nellie Fletcher, 70, of 402 Center street, Ionia, died at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Ionia County Memorial hospital where she had been a patient several weeks.
She was born in Sandwich, Ill., January 25, 1894, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Alliason. She resided in Muir 33 years before moving to Ionia. Mrs. Fletcher was a member of First Presbyterian church in Muir.
Surviving are her husband, Donald J. and a daughter, Dorothy; granddaughter, Karen Fletcher of Minneapolis, Minn.; two sisters, Mrs. Warner K. McSween of Grand Rapids, and Mrs. Charles P. Turpin of Clearwater, Fla.; four brothers, Lawrence B. Alliason of Detroit, John W. and George B. of Orlando, Fla., and C. Arthur of Saranac Lake, N.Y.
Mrs. Fletcher was active in Ionia City Extension group, Gray Ladies, American Legion auxiliary, Eastern Star chapter of Lyons and Senior Citizens club of Ionia.
Funeral service will be Monday at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian church of Muir with burial at North Plains cemetery.
Estep funeral home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorial for the organ fund of First Presbyterian church of Muir has been established.
FOLTZ, Edna Mae (FAULKNER)
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 1 August 2001, at 5:51 p.m.
Ionia Sentinel, October 7, 1934
Edna Foltz, wife of Henry Foltz, Hill street, died Sunday morning following an illness of the past eight months. Mrs. Foltz was born in December, 1888, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Faulkner of Prairie Creek. She attended the Prairie Creek school and later attended and graduated from the Ionia high school in the year of 1906. She was united in marriage to Henry Foltz of South Bend, Ind., in 1912, and had made her home in Ionia for the greater part of her life.
Surviving are her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Foster Kenny, of Ionia; her mother, Mrs. Ione Faulkner, of Muir; two brothers, Burt Faulkner, of Ionia, and Arch L. Faulkner, of Detroit, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held from the Stone funeral home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. Paul L. Stewart officiating. Burial at Highland Park Cemetery.
{NOTE: A handwritten note on the obituary indicates that she was married first to William T. Lindley.}
FOLTZ, Henry
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 1 August 2001, at 5:51 p.m.
Ionia County Sentinel, Thursday, November 20, 1952
Henry Foltz, 72, was found dead at 8:45 Friday morning, Nov. 14, at the Ionia Free Fair grounds where he had been a caretaker since 1945. Death was due to a heart attack.
Mr. Foltz was born August 28, 1880, in Bremen, Indiana. He was married there to Edna M. Faulkner, and after their marriage about thirty years ago, they came to Ionia. Mr. Foltz was employed in various manufacturing plants in Ionia until 1945 when he became Fairgrounds caretaker. Mrs. Foltz died in 193? {unreadable number in the copy I have}.
Survivors are: a daughter, Mrs. Ellen Kenney of Fenwick; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a brother Chester R. Foltz, of Dayton, Ohio, and two sisters, Mrs. Julius Partel, Warsaw, Ind., and Mrs. Ellen Kline, Bremen, Ind.
Rev. Court O. Adams officiated at the funeral service held Monday afternoon, from Stone-Kauffman Funeral Home and burial was in Balcom Cemetery. Bearers were Max and Melbourne Stebbins, Ora Woodard, Cliff Allen, Bert Bennett and Robert Kenney.
FORIST, Mike
Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Saturday 1 January 2000
Michael “Mike” Forist, 51, of Orleans, passed away Saturday, Jan. 1, 2000, at home.
He was born Sept. 23, 1948, in Ionia to George and Anna Houseman Forist.
Mike was a corrections officer with the Michigan Department of Corrections and was a member of the Belding Bible Church.
On May 17, 1972, in Las Vegas, he married Laura Jones and she survives, along with their children, Michelle and Duane Spicer, Michalean and Michael McGraw, all of Ionia, Michael B. Forist II, Machel Jones, both of Orleans, Donna Jo Forist, Bridget Forist and Bradley Michael Forist, all of Ionia, Matthew Brandon Forist of Orleans, and one step-daughter, Lois Jones of Belding. Mike is also survived by four grandchildren, six brothers and one sister, Bud, Jerry, George, Jim, Don, Joe and Edith.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Howard Forist.
Funeral and committal services will be at 11 a.m. today at the Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding, with Pastor Kenneth Martin officiating. Burial will be in Rest Haven Memory Gardens. Visitation was on Monday from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. until 9 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Contributed by: Marilyn Ransom
FORSHEY, Monty Eugene
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 1 August 2001, at 4:14 p.m.
Lake Odessa - Monty Eugene Forshey, 59, of Lake Odessa died Friday, March 7, 1997 at Butterworth Hospital.
He was born Aug. 18, 1937 in Sunfield, the son of Robert and Ruth (Noyes) Forshey.
He graduated from Sunfield High School in 1956 and served in the U.S. Navy from 1956 - 1962.
He was married to Laurine Walkington Shorts in Ionia. This ended in divorce. He was married to Alice VandeCar in 1972 in Woodland.
He owned and operated a saw mill, worked at Keeler Brass, owned and operated his own Semi Tractor-Trailer and for the last 13 years worked at the EBI in Lake Odessa.
He was Worthy Master of Lakeside Grange #1693 and a member of the National Rifle Association.
He is survived by his wife, Alice; five children, Darla Forshey of Lake Odessa, Mark Forshey of Ionia, Brett VandeCar of Lake Odessa, David (Amy) VandeCar of Lake Odessa and Daniel VandeCar of Lake Odessa; two grandchildren, Shelbie Joe VandeCar and Courtnie Lynn VandeCar; one brother, Vance (Karen) Forshey of Grand Rapids; one sister Sheila (Fred) VanVleck of Sunfield.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Ruth Forshey.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, March 10, 1997 at the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa with Rev. George Speas, Clifford Lazarus and Zeke Peters officiating. Interment will be at Lakeside Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lakewood Community Ambulance.
FORSHEY, Monty Eugene
Posted By: Sandy Heintzelman
Date: Wednesday, 18 July 2001, at 5:27 p.m.
Monty Eugene Forshey, 59 of Lake Odessa passed away March 7, 1997. Surviving are his wife Alice; five children: Darla Forshey of Lake Odessa, Mark Forshey of Ionia, Brett VandeCar of Lake Odessa, David (Amy) VandeCar of Lake Odessa and Daniel VandeCar of Lake Odessa; 2 grandchildren; one brother Vance (Karen) Forshey of Grand Rapids; one sister
{NOTE: There may have been more, but this was all that was on the copy I have.}
FOSS, Hattie C.
The Belding Banner, Thursday, 18 January 1951
Mrs. Hattie D. Foss passed away Tuesday at the Veterans Facility hospital in Grand Rapids where she had been a patient for four months following an illness here. She was born January 26, 1872 in Otisco township the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stillman Luscombe and had always lived in this area.
She was married to William H. Foss, who died in 1939. Her only son, Orvie Foss is a resident of the Veterans Facility and she is also survived by four grandsons.
Funeral services will be held Friday at two o’clock at Fales Huffman funeral home when Rev. H. S. Ellis will officiate and burial will be in Otisco cemetery.
Contributed by: Marilyn Ransom
French, Jane Ann
Posted By: LaVonne I. Bennett
Date: Saturday, 23 October 2004, at 9:10 p.m.
THE IONIA SENTINEL-STANDARD, Mich. January 19, 1928, front page: "Jane Ann French Succumbs to Frailty - The community was shocked and saddened Wednesday afternoon when it became known that little Jane Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle French had passed away.
Jane Ann's frailty has greatly curtailed her activities but with it all her sweetness of soul had won her unnumbered friends, who had found live more worthwhile because of Jane Ann.
The funeral services are to be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home on Lovell place."
FULLER, Leon
Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, 9 November 1978
Ionia – Leo W. Fuller, 78, of 222 East Main Street, Ionia died early Thursday morning at the Ionia County Memorial Hospital.
He was born in Eaton Rapids July 29, 1900 the son of L. Brooks and Myrtle Garrison Fuller. He attended schools in Greenville. On October 12, 1922 he married Marion McKendry and they have lived in the Ionia area all their married life.
He was employed by City Police Department, as Ionia County Undersheriff and then worked on plant protection at AO Smith of Ionia until retirement in 1966.
Fuller was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a life member of Ionia Elks Lodge.
Survivors include wife, Marion; one son, Gordon of Lansing; one brother, LeRoy of Ionia; three grandchildren, two great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. at the Leddick funeral home with Rev. Carl Hausermann of First United Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in Easton cemetery.
The family will receive friends and relatives at the funeral home Thursday 7 pm to 9 and Friday 2 pm to 4 pm and 7 pm to 9 pm.
Contributed by: Marilyn Ransom
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