Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Beard, Robert Charles "Bob" July 24, 2018 ************************************************ 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: Pat Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net April 23, 2020, 11:34 am Ionia Sentinel Standard-Thurs. July 26, 2018 ROBERT BEARD, 70 Robert (Bob) Charles Beard, age 70, of Ionia passed away July 24, 2018, in Ionia. He was born August 13, 1947, in Lansing, MI., the son of Robert and Doris (Hoppes) Beard. Bob married Cathy Handlon May 27, 1972. He worked over 30 years for TRW. He loved to fish and enjoyed watching sports; MSU, Detroit Lions, Detroit Tigers and NASCAR. He also enjoyed camping and bird watching. Bob is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Cathy; children, Carrie (Scott) Maynard of Portland, Chris (Shannon) Beard of Lake Odessa; and Casey (Josh) Rinckey of Saranac; sisters, Mary Beard of Portland and Faith (Ronald) Kissane of Portland; brother-in-law, Ronald Smith of Portland; grandchildren, Cole Maynard, Sawyer Maynard, Paige Beard, Bryce Beard, Mariah Hill, Hailey Rinckey, and Wendell (Isaiah) Rinckey. He was preceded in death by his parents, sisters, Barb Smith and Diana Hill. Funeral services will beheld 11 a.m Friday, July 27, at Lake Funeral home in Ionia with Pastor, April Barrett officiating. Interment Balcom Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday 407 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made in Bob's name to First Congregational Church of Portland Food pantry. Online condolences may be made at www.lakefuneralhomes.com File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/beard35951nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb