Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Berndt, Fred E. 1976 ************************************************ 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 27, 2012, 6:43 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, September 2, 1976 Fred Berndt, 86, of North Jordan lake road, died Wednesday evening at Ionia manor. He was a patient for one moth and had been hospitalized for several months with an extended illness. He was born July 20, 1890, in Berlin township of Ionia county, the son of Hiram and Mary Earle Berndt. A life long area resident, he married Edith Beckhold December 23, 1915 at Lake Odessa. He was a life member of the IOOF lodge, a charter member of the Thresher’s association of Ohio and did custom threshing for 50 years before retiring in 1952. He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Audra Jordan of Woodland; one son, Lee (Budd) of Sunfield; two grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services are Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Pickens-Koops funeral chapel, with Rev. Patrick Neff officiating. Burial is in Lakeside cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/berndt17995nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb