Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Allen, William A. January 10, 1+75 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com November 11, 2017, 1:00 am Sentinel-Standard - Monday, Jan. 13, 1975 Lake Odessa- William A. Allen, 74 died Saturday evening at Provincial House in Hastings, where he had been a patient for 10 months following an extended illness. He was born October 23, 1900, in Berlin township, the son of Clifton and Clara Thomas Allen, and married Laura Lane, December 5, 1921. He had been a lifelong resident of Lake Odessa area retiring from farming before moving to their home in Lake Odessa in 1951. Mr. Allen served as supervisor of Odessa township for two years; justice of the Peace in Berlin township for eight years; treasurer of the Durkee school board for eight years; field supervisor for the Lake Odessa Canning Co., for three years, and was a member of the board of directors of the Woodland Fire Insurance Co., for ten years. Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Bernice Hamp; two sons, Roger and Paul, of Lake Odessa; 11 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Erma Bache of Lake Odessa and Mrs. Irene Hamilton of Lake. Services will be at 1:30 pm Tuesday at the Pickens-Koops funeral chapel in Lake Odessa, with Rev. William Hertel officiating. Burial is in Lakeside cemetery. Additional Comments: Funeral: Tuesday, 14 January 1975 Lakeside cemetery #9-1157 Lake Odessa, MI File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/a/allen34069nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb