Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bemis, Ernest W. 1958 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net November 5, 2011, 11:09 am Ionia Daily Sentinel Standard, 27 Feb 1958 Ernest W. Bemis, 72, of 3083 Holmes road, Ypsilanti, died at his home Wednesday morning. He was born January 23, 1886 in Easton township, the son of Wallace and Luella Curtis Bemis. He was married July 23, 1907 to Edna Peasley in Ionia. The celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last year. Mr. Bemis lived in Ypsilanti for the past ten years, but prior to that had always lived in Easton township. Besides his wife Edna, he is survived by the following: Five daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Niblock of Stanton, Mrs. Robert White of Ionia, Mrs. Leo Dent of Lansing, Mrs. Edith Norris of Erie and Mrs. Betty Daughterty of Ypsilanti; two sons, Kenneth of Otsego and Eldon of Ypsilanti; 17 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Glenn Thorpe of Ionia; one brother, Linn Bemis of Coldwater, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be held at the Boynton funeral home Saturday at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Heath Goodwin officiating. Interment is to be in Easton cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/bemis17127nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb