Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ayers, James I. "Jack" July 13, 1948 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com June 11, 2017, 12:52 am Sentinel-Standard - Wednesday, July 14, 1948 James (Jack) I. Ayers, 87, lifetime resident of Ionia county, died Tuesday, July 13 at 4 p.m. in Blodgett Memorial hospital in Grand Rapids after undergoing major surgery Friday. Altogether he had been a patient at Blodgett hospital for three weeks and at the Ionia Convalescent home for one week. He was born December 31, 1860 in Keene township where he resided on a farm until eight years ago at which time he moved to Saranac. Surviving him are a daughter, Lucille; two brothers, C. E. Ayes, and A. H. Ayers of North Baltimore, O.; a step-brother, Thomas Anderson of Lowell; and a step-sister, Mrs. Bertha Cribbs, of Grand Rapids. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 15, from the Morris funeral home in Saranac at 2 p.m. with the Rev. E. H. Humphrey officiating. Interment will be at Saranac cemetery. His bearers will be Fred Raymond, Albert Steinke and John and Gerald Adgate. Additional Comments: Age: 87 Funeral: Thursday, 15 July, 1948 Saranac Cemetery #410 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/a/ayers34003nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb