Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brake, John F. January 12, 1944
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Daily Sentinel-Standard - Thursday, Jan. 13, 1944

Funeral services for John F. Brake, 71, well-known Campbell township farmer, 
will be held at Pleasant Valley United Brethren church Saturday at 2 o'clock 
following prayer service at the residence at 1:30 Rev. J. I. Batdorf, of 
Woodland will officiate assisted by Rev. M. W. W. Moxon, of Hastings. Burial 
will be in Holy Corners cemetery. 

Mr. Brake, who had resided on his farm three and one-half miles southwest of 
Clarksville for a half a century, died Wednesday morning of pneumonia that 
climaxed a lingering illness of three years duration.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Barbara Wenger Brake, with whom he had 
celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary December 21: two sons, Elwood M. 
Brake, Ionia county school superintendent; and John E. Brake, Campbell 
township, two daughters, Mrs. Arthur VanAllsburg, Grand Rapids, and Mrs. 
Donald Slowins, Portland; a brother, M. C. Brake, Newport Richey, Fla.; two 
sisters, Mrs. Mary Good, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mrs. Ida Livingston, 
Clarksville; nine grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Mr. Brake was born in Caledonia township, Barry county, as was Mrs. Brake.

Additional Comments:
Funeral: Saturday, 15 January, 1944
Holy Corners, cemetery

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