Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Augst, Ernest L. 2013
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The Lakewood News, Saturday, September 28, 2013


Ernest L. Augst, age 75, of Decatur, Michigan, passed away peacefully at home 
with his family on Friday, September 20, 2013 at home after a courageous battle 
with cancer. 

Ernie was born June 3, 1938, in Lake Odessa, Michigan, the son of the late 
Gerald (Scotty) Augst and Rose (Cook) Augst Draghl.  After graduation from 
Woodland High School in 1956, he enlisted in the United States Army and served 
two years in Germany, where he played football on the service team.  After his 
tour of duty he served with the Army Reserves until 1962. 

He was employed at General Motors Fisher Body Plant in Lansing, Smith Brother's 
Elevator in Lake Odessa, the Decatur Elevator and retired from Gene's Electric 
in Decatur.  After retirement Ernie and Sandie spent winters in Kingsland, 
Texas.  Ernie's favorite times were spent with his family, especially his 
grandchildren and great-grand child.  He also enjoyed fishing in Canada and at 
the cabin on Bluff Lake, deer hunting, and Morel mushroom hunting in the Upper 
Peninsula with friend, Roy Hickmott.  He enjoyed watching all sports, but 
college football was his favorite and he looked forward to the season every 
year. 

On February 28, 1959 he and Sandra Sargeant were married at the Grace Brethren 
Church in Lake Odessa, and she survives with three sons, Scott (Ann) of 
Portland, Oregon; Darryl (Nancy) of Decatur; Eric (Sheila) of Kalamazoo; 
grandchildren Jordan, Aubree, Nicholas, Tyler, Riley, Brennan, Derick, Ericka, 
Sherica, Calla Augst and Josh Whitlock, and one great-grandson Alex Giardi.  
Also surviving are two sisters, Gerildine Winsley of Arizona, and Bonnie 
(Michael) Rockafellow of Lansing, Michigan; one brother Vaughn (Carolyn) of 
Flora, Indiana, and sister-in-law Wanda Gabriel of Kingsland, Texas; two 
stepbrothers, Michael (Mary Lou) Draghi and James Draghi of Glastonbury, 
Connecticut.  Also twenty-two nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in death by 
his parents, stepfather Nathan Draghi, brother Owen, and brother-in-law George 
Winsley. 

Funeral services were held Thursday, September 26, 2013 at Newell Funearl Home, 
Decatur, with James Abshagen officiating.  Burial was in Lakeside cemetery 
Decatur with military rites conducted by VFW Celery City Post # 6248 and 
American Legion Post # 309 both of Decatur.  Memorials may be made to Hospice 
of S.W. Michigan or West Michigan Cancer Center Radiation & Oncology.


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