Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bignell, Virginia C. (Smith) April 16, 2011
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Ionia Sentinel Standard - April 19, 2011

Virginia C. Bignell, 74 of Ionia died unexpectedly Saturday morning at Spectrum 
Health’s Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. Virginia was born on Jan. 11, 1937 
in Grand Ledge, the daughter of Neil and Icylene (Brace) Smith. 

She graduated from Carson City High School with the class of 1955 and later 
worked as a nurse at Sheridan Community Hospital for 40 years. She was a member 
of the 1st Congregational Church of Sheridan.

Virginia enjoyed spending time with her family, collecting angels and 
volunteering at her church and Sheridan Community Hospital. 

She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. 

Virginia is loved and survived by her children Howard and Lorena Bignell of 
Ionia, Timothy and Rochelle Bignell of Winston-Salem, N.C., Richard and Joanna 
Bignell of Six Lakes, Lisa Fox of Ionia and Robin and Mike Moore of Belding. 
She is also survived by seven grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; one 
great great grandchild; her brothers and sisters and their spouses, Ronald and 
Bertha Smith of Grand Ledge, Gary and Sue Smith of Belding, Stanley Smith of 
Greenville and Melody and Randy Treynor of Belding.

Virginia was preceded by her parents; her brother; Wayne; her sister, Sandra 
Houghton; sister-in-law Becky Smith; son-in-law, Charles Fox; and one grandson, 
Matthew Bignell.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at 1st Congregational Church of 
Sheridan with Pastor Philip VanDop officiating. Interment will follow in 
Evergreen Cemetery, Sheridan. Visitation will be Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m. and 6 
to 8 p.m. at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding. Memorial contributions 
may be given to 1st Congregational Church of Sheridan or to the Volunteers of 
Sheridan Community Hospital.

To sign the online register book or to leave a message of condolence for the 
Bignell Family, please visit the website of the funeral home, www.jffh.com.


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