Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Allen, William A. (Mr.) January 11, 1975 ************************************************ 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: Maureen Cross mcross3454@gmail.com February 4, 2022, 1:24 pm Lake Odessa Wave - January 16, 1975 RITES HELD TUES. FOR WILLIAM ALLEN William A. Allen, 74, of 1614 N. Fourth Ave., passed away Saturday evening at the Provincial House at Hastings where he had been a patient for ten months following an extended illness. He was born October 23, 1900 in Berlin Township, Ionia County, the son of Clifton and Clara (Thomas) Allen. He married Laura Lane, December 5, 1921 and had been a lifelong resident of the Lake Odessa area. He retired from farming and moved to their home in Lake Odessa in 1951. Mr. Allen served as supervisor of Odessa Township tor two years, justice of the peace of Berlin Township for eight years, was the treasurer of the Durkee School Board for eight years, field supervisor for the Lake Odessa Canning Company for three years and a member of the Board of Directors of the Woodland Fire Insurance Company for ten years. Surviving are his wife, Laura F.; one daughter, Mrs. Roger (Bernice) Hamp and two sons, Roger and Paul of Lake Odessa; 11 grandchildren' 14 great grandchildren; two sisters, Mr. Irma Buche of Lake Odessa and Mrs. Eldon (Irene) Hamilton of Lake, Mich., and nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 1:30 Tuesday at the Pickens-Koops Funeral Chapel. Rev. William Hertel officiated with burial in Lakeside Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/a/allen42364nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb