Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bower, Tello J. 1970 ************************************************ 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 April 26, 2016, 1:34 pm Lakewood News, 16 Jul 1970 Tello J. Bower Passes Away Tello J. Bower, 74, Route 3, Big Rapids, passed away early last Wednesday morning at Community Hospital. He was born July 24, 1895, near Lake Odessa, the son of John and Rachel Bower. Oct. 15, 1913, he married Amanda Vietzke at Kalamazoo. He went to Big Rapids from Kalamazoo in 1926 and owned the Bowers Restaurant for 35 years, retiring nine years ago. Mr. Bower was a member of the Hatfield Church of Christ, a life member of Elks Lodge No. 974, Masonic Lodge, F&AM, No. 174, of Flint and was a member of the Farm Bureau. Funeral services were held Friday, July 10, at the Rogers Funeral Home. Mike Steere officiated, with burial in Highland View Cemetery. Survivors of Mr. Bowers are his wife and a sister, Mrs. Emma Griebel of Belding. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/bower32653nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb