Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Beard, Mavis Jean 2013 ************************************************ 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 mransom311@gmail.com August 2, 2015, 9:14 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, September 1, 2013 Mavis Jean Beard, 86, of Portland, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. She was born on May 6, 1927 in Jackson the daughter of Dale and Alice Bills. Mavis enjoyed working on arts, crafts and ceramics. She worked for the Chrysler Trim Plant in Lyons and Barley-Earhart in Portland. Mavis was a proud member of the V.F.W. Post #4090 Ladies Auxiliary. She was preceded in death by her parents and all of her siblings: David, Joseph, and Howard Bills and Marvin Thrasher. Surviving are her husband of 65 years, William J. Beard. Mavis is also survived by many nieces and nephews. The Funeral Service will be conducted by Pastor Nancy Patera, Easton United Methodist Church, at 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 at the Lehman funeral Home, 210 E. Bridge St., Portland. Interment will follow at Portland Cemetery. The family will receive friends 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., Friday at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/beard31629nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb