Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Berndt, Bethel Mary 2008 ************************************************ 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 July 5, 2013, 1:42 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Bethel Mary (Wellman) Berndt, of Lake Odessa, Mich. passed away Monday March 10, 2008 at Thornapple Manor in Hastings, Mich. at the age of 82. Bethel was born March 29, 1925: daughter of Forest Ward and Hester (Richards) Estep. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Wellman in 1968 and second husband Bud Berndt in 1996; two brothers, Richard Estep and Carlton (Cap) Estep; sister, June Ebright and a grandson, Dean Michael McClelland. Surviving are her two children, JoAnn (Gary) Roth of Sunfield and Jane (Dallas) Daniels of Lake Odessa; five grandchildren, Melissa (Gary) Wade of Kentwood, Deidra McClelland of Hastings, Michelle (Jeff) Campeau of Lake Odessa, John (Erica) Daniels of Lake Odessa and Joni Daniels of Wyoming, two stepgranddaughters, Deborah (Troy) Ostertag of Grand Ledge and Julie Roth of Sunfield; 13 great-grandchildren, Dallas, Elizabeth, Sarah, Josh, Grace, Emily, Sydnie, Isabella, Jaqulyn, Jaydon, Truxton, Aiden and Bryoni; two stepgreat-grandsons, Andrew and Nicholas; four brothers and sisters, Forest Estep Jr., Bina (Jerry ) Schray, Nina (William) Bosworth and Bill (Shirley) Estep and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, March 14, 2008 at the Rosier Funeral Home, Mapes-Fisher Chapel, Sunfield, Mich. with the Associate Minister from the Thornapple Valley Church, Carla Smith, officiating. The family will receive their friends on Thursday at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. A grave side service will be held at the Sunfield Cemetery immediately following the funeral service. The pallbearers will be John Daniels, Jeff Campeau, Gary Wade, Matt Sleeman, Lee Bosworth and Jeff Bosworth. For those wishing, contributions may be made to the Sunfield Area Sponsors of Programs for Youth, aka S.P.Y.'s Scholarship Fund c/o RFH PO Box 36 Sunfield, MI 48890. The family is being served by the Independent Family Owned Funeral Home in Sunfield: Rosier Funeral Home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/berndt21327nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb