Ionia-Montcalm County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bird, Frances A. 2007
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The Greenville Daily News, July 26, 2007


Frances A. (Lishman) Bird, 85, of Greenville, passed away Tuesday afternoon, 
July 24, 2007, in Vero Beach, Florida.  Born on February 24, 1922 in Alameda, 
California, Frances was the daughter of Harold and Nan (Calenberg) Lishman. 
Frances was married on December 26, 1945 in San Francisco to George H. Bird who 
preceded her in death on September 27, 1996. 

She was a long-time resident of the Greenville/Belding areas where she and her 
husband, George, were owners of Bird Fertilizer and Grain Company, as well as 
the Bird Blueberry Plantations in Greenville and Holland. In her early years, 
Frances attended Heald College in Oakland, California where she earned a 
business degree which, later in her life, would play an important role in her 
management and operation of the fertilizer and grain companies and the 
blueberry farms. She also obtained her teaching credentials through Central 
Michigan Normal (now known as Central Michigan University) and taught for 
several years in the Greenville/Belding areas. She was a member of the Belding 
United Methodist Church, the Kent County Humane Society, the Michigan Blueberry 
Growers Association, Farm Bureau, the North American Blueberry Growers 
Association, the Red Hat Society, and Friends of the Alvah N. Belding library. 
Frances will be remembered as an astute business woman. She will also be 
remembered as a person who loved animals and who appreciated nature. Frances 
will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Drs. Daniel and Neila Bird of 
Vero Beach, Florida, her grandchildren and their spouses, Patrick and Michele 
Bird of South Lyon, Michigan, Dr. Mara Bird and Mauricio Sanabria of Long 
Beach, California, and Ryan and Christina Bird of Spring Lake, Michigan. 
Frances is also survived by her great-grandchildren, Gabrielle, Lucas, Bryce, 
Coco, Halla, Isabel and Ethan.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, 
Belding, with Pastor Connie Shatz of the Belding United Methodist Church 
officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service. Interment will be 
in Greene Cemetery. A luncheon will be held following the committal service at 
the Belding United Methodist Church. Memorial contributions may be given to the 
humane society of your choice.


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