Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brockman, Vern J. 1977 ************************************************ 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 December 9, 2011, 1:00 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 7 Jun 1977 Vern. J. Brockman, 67, of 1060 West Lincoln died early Monday evening at Ionia County Memorial hospital following a short illness. He was born March 19, 1910, the son of Albert and Alice Allen Brockman and lived his entire life in Ionia. He married the former Lucille Schmitt March 9, 1932. She preceded him in death in September, 1959. He later married Cletis Greenhoe March 26, 1960. He worked for 21 years at Ionia Manufacturing, A.O. Smith and General Tire, retiring in 1972. Surviving besides his wife are one son Thomas of Ionia, two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Joyce) Duell of PawPaw and Genevieve Wright of Ionia, and one stepdaughter Mrs. Dale (Maxine) Edwards of Sheridan; 13 grandchildren, three step-grandsons, and five great-step-grandchildren. Services are Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Leddick funeral home with Rev. Chet Erickson of Battle Creek officiating. Burial is in Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends and relatives at the funeral home Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. A memorial fund is established for Ionia county unit of the American Cancer Society. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/brockman17340nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb