Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ball, Adah L. April 16, 2003 ************************************************ 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 May 10, 2010, 5:47 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, date unknown Adah L. (Butler) Ball, age 76, devoted wife, mother and grandmother, passed away Wednesday, April 16, 2003. She was born December 21, 1926 in Portland, the daughter of Hamner and Floudie (Fleck) Butler. Mrs. Ball was a member of the Church of the Nazarene for more than 40 years and taught Sunday School. She loved cooking and sewing, especially making clothes for her grandchildren. She also owned and operated a hardware store in Portland. She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Virginia Forquer; Christine Wall and Marjorie Gensterblum; brother, Chester Butler; and daughter Janelle Hartwick. Surviving are her husband of 29 years, Charles E. Ball; two daughters, Lana (Faro) Gervasi of Lansing and Tina (Wayne) Wieber of Westphalia; two sons, Noble (Rosemary) Hartwick of Portland and George (Pam) Carpenter of Dewitt; seven grandchildren; two brothers, Hamner “Bud” (Betty) Butler of Portland and Jack (Betty) Butler of Florida; sister Joyce McClung of Portland; brother-in- law Francis Gensterblum of Portland. Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Dan Steman, Pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, Portland, and the Rev. Donald King at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 210 E. Bridge St., Portland, with interment following at Portland Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice House of Mid- Michigan, 1210 W. Saginaw, Lansing, MI 48915, in memory of Adah L. Ball. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/ball3872nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb