Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Atherton, Stephen Walter 1985 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 18, 2010, 5:15 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, June 10, 1985 Stephen Walter Atherton, 87, of 206 Higbee Street, Lyons, died Saturday evening at Ionia County Memorial Hospital. Born in Gaines, Mich., December 15, 1897, he was the son of Stephen and Adam Potter Atherton. He attended Gaines schools and was married to Mary Cheeks August 1, 1929 in Owosso and they had made their home in Lyons since. He was a retired, self-employed carpenter. Surviving are his wife Mary; two daughters, Catherine Stevenson of Lyons and Ann Tingley of Belding; 10 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Lyons Baptist Church, with the Rev. Paul D. Carmichael officiating. Burial will be in Lyons Cemetery. Visitors may call until noon Wednesday at Hull Memorial Chapel. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/a/atherton8223nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb