Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bell, Reva M. 1993 ************************************************ 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 August 6, 2011, 5:40 pm The Portland Review & Observer, March 22, 1993 Reva M. (Shinaver) Bell, 69, of Ionia died March 11, 1993, in Ionia. She was born in Portland on Sept. 4, 1923, the daughter of Bernard and Pauline (Lehman) Hoppes. She was employed by the Michigan Department of Social Services of Ionia in arts and crafts and child care. Surviving are eight sons, Gerald Shinaver of Montana, Ronald (Carol) Shinaver, Terry (Marilyn) Shinaver, and James (Rose) Shinaver, all of Portland, William (Jean) Shinaver of Maple Rapids, Stephen (Lisa) Shinaver of Lansing, Thomas (Sherry) Shinaver of Ionia, and Daniel Shinaver of Grand Ledge; eight daughters, Rosemary Reed of Ionia, Judy (William) Clark of Portland, Jayne Lance of Ionia, Wendy (Don) Pohl and Mary Sandborn of Westphalia, and Pauline Holton, Kathy (Jon) Shinaver-Gulford, and Joy (Rick) Hilliard, all of Ionia; 58 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Stanley Hoppes, Leon Hoppes, and Bernard Hoppes Jr., all of Portland; three sisters, Ruth Keusch of Portland, Eleanor Lynch of Lansing, and Marilyn Muirhead of Texas; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Gerald Shinaver and Orville Bell; six grandchildren, and one sister, Marion McPherson. The Rosary was recited March 13 and 14 at Gorsline-Runciman Neller Chapel in Portland. Mass of the Christian Burial was celebrated March 15 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Portland, with Rev. Larry King officiating. Casket bearers were Richard Clark, Derick Pohl, Gary Lance, and John, David, Tom, Ron and Bill Shinaver. Interment in Portland Cemetery, Portland. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/bell15748nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb