Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bannister, Leah M. 2008 ************************************************ 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 July 5, 2013, 1:40 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Friday, February 22, 2008 Leah M. Bannister, 79, of Belding, died Thursday morning, Feb. 21, 2008 at Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. Leah was born Aug. 15, 1928 near Belding the daughter of Jerry and Bessie May Shear Devine. She was a member of the Belding Bible Church and a past member of the Macabees and the Belding VFW Ladies Auxiliary. Leah was married on Nov. 22, 1946 at her parents house to Donald Bannister and he survives along with their children, Connie (Les) Grimm of Belmont, Richard (Diane) Bannister of Stanton, Craig (Chris) Bannister of Greenville, Mike (Angie) Bannister, Kevin (Sandy) Bannister and Brian (Brenda) Bannister all of Belding. She is also survived by 18 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and her sister-in-law, Theola Jewell of Greenville. Leah was preceded by her parents and two sisters, Theda Richmond and Faye Brokaw. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday at the Belding Bible Church with Pastor Mike Jacobson officiating. Private interment will be in Rest Haven Memory Gardens. Visitation will be Sunday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at Johnson- Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding. Memorial contributions may be made to the Belding Bible Church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/banniste21323nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb