Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ainsworth, Rose E. 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net May 19, 2012, 6:51 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, November 23, 2004 Rose E. Ainsworth, aged 90, of Lake Odessa passed away Tuesday morning, November 23, 2004 at Pennock Hospital. Rose was born October 1, 1914 in Sebewa Township to Victor and Ella (Peacock) Wilson. She graduated from Portland High School in 1932 and County Normal in 1933 and taught in country schools for three years before marrying Winfield Ainsworth in 1937. Following Winfield’s death in 1954 she returned to teaching until she retired in 1976. the last 14 years had been spent teaching second grade in Woodland with the Lakewood Public Schools. After her retirement, Rose spent many enjoyable times traveling around the United States, and particularly enjoyed Alaska and Branson, Missouri. Rose was a voracious reader in her retirement years. She had been a long-time member of the Central United Methodist Church in lake Odessa. She is survived by her daughters, Linda (Keith) Curvey of Mattawan, Ann Lee (Allen) Decent of Palm Coast, Fla., Sarah Ainsworth of Round Lake, Ill., and Lorna (John) Carney of Hersey; sisters, Carol Cassel and Joyce Luscher, sisters-in-law, Wilma Wilson and Mary Ann Wilson; four beloved grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Winfield; parents; and brothers, Keith and Royal Wilson. Visitation will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday at the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa. In keeping with Rose’s wishes, there will be no funeral service and a private family committal service will be held at Lakeside Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hall-Fowler Memorial Library in Ionia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/a/ainswort17826nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb