Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Birt, Harry James May 1, 2004 ************************************************ 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 17, 2010, 5:58 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, May 04, 2004 Harry James Birt, 54, of Ionia, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2004 at Ingham Regional Medical Center. He was born June 28, 1950 in Champaign, Illinois the son of Adam and Mary (Baker) Birt. He married Betty Miller October 2, 1976 in Saranac. He flew helicopters in the Army during Vietnam. Harry is survived by his loving wife of 29 years, Betty Marie Birt of Orleans; sons, David and Shana Leary of Ionia, Jerry Miller of Orleans, David Birt of Orleans; daughter, Penny Birt of Orleans; special grandma, Mamie and Leroy Schnicke of Orleans; five grandchildren, Jeffrey, Holli, Kylie, Riley, Blake; special friend of 40 years, Bob Ockert; many nieces and nephews. He will be sadly missed. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Wednesday, at Shiloh Community Church with Rev. Ken Harger officiating. Visitation will be held Tuesday, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Lake Funeral Home in Ionia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/birt4341nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb