Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bruyette, Wilma Jane (Loveless) 1997 ************************************************ 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 28, 2009, 1:35 pm Ionia Sentinel-Standard, 4 Feb 1997 Wilma J. Bruyette, 93, of Ionia died Saturday, Feb. 1, 1997 at her home. Wilma Jane Loveless was born July 27, 1903 in Cadillac, the daughter of Wesley and Helen (Docstader) Loveless. She grew up in Cadillac and graduated from Ferris College in 1923 as a bookkeeper. She was married to Joseph F. Bruyette in Cadillac on Nov. 27, 1924. The couple moved to Big Rapids in 1942 and to Ionia in 1943. She worked as a bookkeeper for McNamara Drug Store in Ionia for 22 years, retiring in 1978. She was a member of the Ionia Moose Lodge Women’s Auxiliary since 1945 and was an avid gardener. She is survived by one daughter, Judy (Jack) Guild of Ionia; one son-in-law, Donald Clark of Ionia; six grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, two great great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joseph on Aug. 2, 1985; one daughter, Betty H. Clark in 1995; two sisters, Margaret and Eva; one brother, John, one granddaughter, Cathy Clark; and one great-grandson, Justin Miller. Funeral services for Wilma J. Bruyette will be conducted Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 11 a.m. from the Cook Funeral Home, Rich St. Chapel, with Robert Chapin officiating. Interment will be in Balcom Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday, Feb. 4, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Rich St. Chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to the family. Envelopes are available at the Cook Funeral Home in Ionia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/bruyette1934nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb