Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Baxter, Archie W. 1960 ************************************************ 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 30, 2013, 7:57 pm The Lake Odessa Wave, Thursday, April 14, 1960 Archie W. Baxter, 81, of Grand Rapids, decorating contractor, for more than 4 years died last Thursday after a long illness. A native of Lake Odessa he had lived in Grand Rapids for many years and was a member of the charter commission for the city of East Grand Rapids as well as active in civic affairs. He was the first president of the Grand Rapids chapter Painting and Decorating also a charter member and member of the first board of directors of the Builders and Traders Exchange, attended the Methodist church and a life member of F&AM No. 96. Surviving are his wife Ella; one son John (Jack) of Grand Rapids, two half sisters, Mrs. James Ladd of Tampa, Fla. and Mrs. Bernice Ladd of Kalamazoo. Funeral services were on Monday at the Metcalf Mortuary with burial in Garfield Park. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/baxter20590nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb