Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bailey, Lester 1982 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net July 13, 2011, 11:10 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 27 Nov 1982 Memorial services for Lester Bailey, former pastor of the Ionia First United Methodist Church, were held Sunday, Nov. 21, at Coldwater United Methodist Church. Bailey died last Wednesday in Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, after a sudden illness. He served as pastor of the Ionia First United Methodist Church from 1964 to 1970, and had retired in June 1982 after serving in the ministry for 42 years. He also served churches in Cassopolis, Battle Creek-Urbandale, Grand Rapids, Charlotte, and Portage. He is survived by his wife Helen; a son, Charles R., of Atlanta, Ga.; three daughters, Linnea J. Bailey of Atlanta, Gal; Mrs. David J. (Mercia) Foster of Charles City, Iowa; and Mrs. David L. (Celeste) Flood of Spring Lake, Mich.; and one granddaughter. A Lester C. Bailey memorial was established in the care of the Gillespie Funeral Home, Coldwater. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/bailey14608nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb