Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Batdorff, Claude E. 1962 ************************************************ 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 27, 2012, 6:35 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, July 16, 1962 Claude E. Batdorff, 76, of 210 East Washington street died Saturday evening at Ionia County Memorial hospital where he was admitted earlier in the day. Born in Ionia county May 19, 1886, he was the son of Eli and Latheria Batdorff, and was married to Ella Oosting who died in 1952. From 1911 to 1928 Mr. Batdorff was head salesman of the M. Piowath and Sons of Chicago, Ill., and lived in Burton Heights. He was in business for himself from 1928 until his retirement in 1952 and returned to Ionia in 1955. He previously was a real estate salesman in Grand Rapids and worked in a store in Ionia and north on M66. He was a member of Christian Reformed church of Grand Rapids. Survivors include a brother, Frank Sault, and several nieces and nephews. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/batdorff17978nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb