Ila Pfannes's obituary, Hatton Township, Clare County, Michigan

Copyright © 1999 by Lillian Pfannes. This copy contributed for use in 
the MIGenWeb Archives.  

 

MIGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  These electronic pages may NOT be 
reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any 
other organization or persons.  Persons or organizations 
desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent 
of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, 
and contact the listed MIGenWeb archivist with proof of this 
consent. The submitter has given permission to the MIGenWeb 
Archives to store the file permanently for free access.
_____________________________________________________________________

 ILA BROCKWAY-PFANNES

 Ila Brockway-Pfannes, age 86, passed away at the Mid-Michigan Regional
Medical Center,  Clare, on Tuesday, April 6, 1999.  She was born on 
September 9, 1912, in Greenwood Township, Clare County, Michigan, the 
daughter of Charlie and Nina (Town) VanBlarcom. She married Howard R. 
Brockway on November 9, 1929, in Harrison.  To this union were born three 
children, Thomas H., Alice L. and Dale R..  Howard and Ila purchased his
mothers farm in Hatton Township in 1938 and Snowsnake Mountain in 1959.
She was  affectionately known to many as "Grandma".  She secondly married 
William Pfannes on January 27, 1973, also in Harrison.

 Ila served many years as a volunteer in the Clare Hospital Cafeteria, the
Clare County Fair, the Clare County 4H and was a member of the First 
Congregational Church of Christ in Harrison and the National and Michigan 
Ski Area Associations.  She served as both Clerk and Treasurer of Hatton 
Township.

 She is survived by her sons-Thomas H. (Madeline) Brockway and Dale R.
(Carolyn) Brockway, a daughter, Alice (Dan) Romes, 9 grandchildren, 14
great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, a brother, Frank Eugene 
(Lydia) VanBlarcom, a sister, Cynthia Chamberlain and husband Warren 
Dunstan plus other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her 
parents; Charlie (1961), Nina (1957), husbands, Howard Brockway  (1969) and 
William Pfannes (1997); brother, A. Frank VanBlarcom (1991); sister, Nell
Porter (1992) and a granddaughter Jada L. Brockway (1998). 

 Funeral services were held Friday, April 9, 1999, at 2:00 P.M. from the
First Congregational Church, Harrison, with Rev. Robert Kauffman officiating.
Interment was in the Hatton Township Cemetery, Harrison, Michigan.  Memorial
contributions may be considered to the First Congregational Church of 
Christ Building Fund or Hospice of Clare County.  Arrangements were by 
Stocking Funeral Home, Harrison.