Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bricker, Mary Elizabeth September 20, 2012 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com March 3, 2015, 6:15 pm Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Sat. Sept. 29, 2012 Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bricker, 102 of Hart and formerly of Ionia, passed away Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. She was born April 27, 1910, in Ionia to Frank and Rose (Powell) Grescoviak. She graduated from Sts. Peter and Paul Academy in 1926 and was employed by the State of Michigan as an administrative assistant until her retirement in 1970. On Nov. 30, 1940, she married Louis David Bricker in Ionia; her preceded her in death in 1986. Mary was very active in the Democratic Party at the state and local levels and was invited to President Harry Truman's inauguration. She was actively involved in the Ionia County Memorial Hospital Board, the Sts. Peter and Paul Academy Alumni Association, and was a member of St. Gregory Catholic Church. Mary is survived by one daughter, Mary Fran (Jan) Neustifter of Mears; three grandchildren, Andy (Marlo) Neustifter of Westfield, Indiana, Melissa (Tommy( Edwards of Pittsboro, North Carolina and Evan (Betsy) Neustifter of Grand Rapids; and four great-grandchildren, Drew Neustifter, Olivia Neustifter, Henry Edwards and Scarlet Edwards. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband; her son, David Bricker, also preceded her in 2005. The Mass of the Resurrection for Mrs. Bricker will be offered Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, at 10 a.m. at St. Gregory Catholic Church in Hart with Father Thomas Bolster celebrating. Interment will be in Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Ionia. The family requests that any memorials be directed to Oceana County Medical Care Facility, 710 E. Main, Hart, MI 49420. To share a memory with the family or sign the online register book, please visit www.kinguneralhome.net. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/bricker30036nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb