Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brown, Roy W. Sr. 2008 ************************************************ 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 July 5, 2013, 1:43 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Saturday, April 5, 2008 Roy W. Brown Sr., aged 83, of Ionia, passed away April 3, 2008. He was born April 8, 1924 in Portland, Mich., the son of Parley and Emma (Bilow) Brown. Roy married Leona Ormsbee June 16, 1944 in Ionia. He retired from Michigan State University in 1981 as a laborer for the Nursery Dept . Roy is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Leona Brown of Ionia; children Dorothy (Thomas) Keusch of Portland, Georgia (Douglas) Hamp of Lake Odessa, Roy (Kathleen) Brown Jr. of Ionia, Janet Brown of Ionia, Leslie Brown of Ionia and Rhonda (Ricardo) Penn of Florida; 15 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. He is preceded in death by three brothers, one sister and two grandsons. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday at Lake Funeral Home in Ionia with Rev. Ken Harger officiating. The family will receive friends and relatives 2 to 4 Sunday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 8:30 Monday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, you may make contributions to Carson City Hospice. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/brown21329nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb