Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Alvord, Ida E. (Shumway) 1942 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net July 2, 2018, 7:01 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 16 & 19 Nov 1942 Mrs. Ida E. Alvord, 84, died at 8:30 o’clock Sunday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mabel Smith, of Detroit. She had suffered a stroke in September and pneumonia developed causing her death. Born October 17, 1858, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Shumway, formerly of Ionia, who lived near Adrian. She was married to Star Alvord and the couple spent many years in Ionia. She was a member of the Ionia Church of Christ. Surviving her besides her daughter, Mrs. Mabel Smith of Detroit, is a son, Lee Alvord, of Grand Rapids; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. George Coe, sr. and Mrs. Frank Perrett of Ionia are nieces. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock war time at the Myers funeral home. Rev. Paul Stewart will officiate and burial will be in the family lot in Highland park cemetery. ------------ Funeral services for Mrs. Ida E. Alvord, 85, who died Sunday in Detroit, were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Myers funeral home. Rev. Paul Stewart officiated and burial was in Highland Park cemetery. Musical selections were given by Mrs. Ray Colwell and Mrs. Helen Benedict. Four nieces were in charge of the floral arrangements and were Mrs. John Koerber, Mrs. Harold Stamm and Mrs. Louise Hale of Detroit and Mrs. Jack Wallace of East Lansing. Pall bearers were grandsons and nephews, Alvord Smith, John Smith, James Alvord, Harold Stamm of Detroit and Jack Wallace and Earl Christian of Lansing. Those attending from away were Mrs. Mabel Smith and son, John, Mr. and Mrs. Alvord Smith and Joan, Mr. and Mrs. James Alvord, Mrs. Dora Shumway, Mrs. Frank Shumway, Mrs. Louise Hale and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stamm and sons, Mr. and Mrs. John Koerber and family, Mrs. H.L. Pitcher of Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Alvord, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Sturgis of Grand Rapids; Mrs. Esther Shumway of Grand Ledge; Robert Pitcher of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Christian and daughter, Erlene, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Christian and daughter, Janet, Miss Wilma Leader of Lansing; Mrs. Fred Leverage of Fairhaven, and Mrs. J. Dall Hutchinson, of Dearborn. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/a/alvord7846gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb