Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Arends, Joanne C. (Joslin) (Seymour) 1999
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, April 1999

Mrs. JoAnne C. (Seymour) Arends, 68, of Ionia, passed away Thursday, April 15, 
1999, at her home.  She was born the daughter of Verdier and Marian (McIntyre) 
Joslin, July 19, 1930, in Grand Rapids.

She moved as a young girl with her family from Grand Rapids to Ionia 60 years 
ago.  She graduated from Ionia High School in 1949.  Together with her husband, 
James, they owned Seymour Tire & Battery.  She continued ownership with her 
son, Jim, until 1993.  JoAnne was an active business-woman in Ionia for over 40 
years.  She was a member of SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, in Ionia, and she 
also was a member of the Altar Rosary Society.  She married James Seymour in 
1948, and he preceded her in death in 1970.  She married Matthew Arends in 1981.

Surviving are her husband: Matthew Arends Sr.; her children; Paget Seymour of 
Grand Rapids, James (Diane) Seymour of Ionia and Betsy (Rene) Miller of Ionia; 
six step-children; Matthew (Linda) Arends Jr. of Ionia, Nancy (Jim) Pigguish of 
East Lansing, Joan (Robert) Bont of Grand Rapids, Maxine (Raymond) Marshky of 
Hubbard Lake, Bonnie (James) Wilson of Midland, Bernadette (Jack) Taylor of 
Texas; 21 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; four sisters; Mary Jo 
(Robert) Conley of Battle Creek, Carol (Richard) Fosburg of Ionia, Judith 
(Phillip) Asiala of Naples, Fla. and Elizabeth (Betsy) Lichtenfelt of Edmore.

The Funeral Mass will be offered 11 a.m. Saturday from SS. Peter & Paul 
Catholic Church, in Ionia, with Fr. Melvin Fox as presider.  The organist will 
be Mary Cusack.

Visiting hours: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday with a Rosary 
Service at 8 p.m. Friday at the Rich St. Chapel of Cook Funeral Home, Ionia.

Memorial contributions to the SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church Memorial Fund or 
the Ionia County Commission on Aging in care of Cook Funeral Home.


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