Ionia-Montcalm County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ash, Frank L. 2005
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The Greenville Daily News, December 30, 2005


Frank L. Ash, 92, of Greenville, passed away Wednesday evening, December 28, 
2005 at Metron of Greenville after a long and productive life.  He was born 
November 30, 1913 in Beal City, the son of Anthony and Anna Strous Ash.

Frank considered himself a “jack of all trades, master of none,” having a wide 
variety of work experiences during his life, starting with striking out on his 
own at age 17, even riding the rails and hoboing for a while during the Great 
Depression.  He was a machinist and a millwright in the tool and die industry, 
general manager of a large wheat farm in Colorado, co-worker of Frank and 
Norm’s Tavern in Belding and lastly co-owner and president of Tomco Tool and 
Die in the 1970s until his retirement.  He also served as a city of Belding 
councilman and was a life member of Belding Masonic Lodge F&AM 355.  He was 
married March 15, 1939 in Toledo, Ohio to Nora Smith.

Frank was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Stein, Richard, 
Stanley; sister, Bernice; and granddaughter, Kristen Sower Mathewson.  Frank is 
survived by his loving family, including his wife of 65 years, Nora; daughter 
and son-in-law, Doris and Jerry Pearson of Fenwick; grandchildren, J. Scott and 
Laura Palmateer of Fenwick, Liane Palmateer of Belding; five great-
grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; three sisters, Alice Thompson of 
Belding, Thelma Church of Bath, Lucille McGuire of Santa Rosa, Calif.; and two 
sisters-in-law, Blanch Ash of Greenville, June Ash of Plymouth.

Funeral and committal services are 10 a.m. Saturday at Johnson-Feuerstein 
Funeral Home, Belding, with Pastors Bill Freeman and Ken Harger officiating.  
Private interment will follow in Rest Haven Memory Gardens, Belding.  A 
luncheon is at First Congregational Church, Belding, following the service.  
The family will greet relatives and friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday at the 
funeral home.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to the 
Belding Museum or the Belding Masonic Lodge.



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