Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Berzins, Janis 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net November 5, 2011, 11:17 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 17 Oct 2008 Janis (Jan) Berzins, age 94, of Jelgava, Latvia, passed away Sept. 15, 2008. He was born June 1, 1914 in Prickuli, Latvia. He was married to Milda Jertners, who preceded him in death in May, 1980. He was a long time resident in the Ionia area where he owned and operated a farm on Peterson Road, as well as worked at Mitchell-Bentley/A.O. Smith and at Brown Corporation – from where he retired in 1978. He and his second wife, Marta, returned to their native Latvia in 2000. As well as being survived by Marta, he is survived by his sons George, Walter and John and their families, both here in the United States and Latvia. Interment was in Balozn Cemetery in Jelgava on Sept. 19, 2008. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/berzins17139nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb