Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Burch, Lillian A. 2003
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The Greenville Daily News, November 2003


Lillian A. Burch, 85, of Ionia, went to be together forever with the Lord and 
her husband, Paul, on Monday, November 10, 2003.  She was born July 16, 1918 in 
Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Peter and Jenny Gunderson Fure.

Mrs. Burch was a resident of Coldwater Lake, Coldwater for 23 years before 
moving to Ionia in 1970.  She was a member of the Ionia Historical Society and 
attended First Assembly of God Church in Ionia.  She worked for Chrysler 
Corporation Federal Mogul, the Ionia County Commission o Aging and volunteered 
for the Montcalm County Intermediate School District for many years.

She graduated from Wayne State University, receiving her Bachelor’s of Arts 
degree in education, and from Detroit Business College, receiving her business 
certificate.  She also graduated from Ganapol Music School as a concert artist 
in violin.  She taught violin for 40 years.

Lillian married Paul R. Burch on April 21, 1945.  She was preceded in death by 
her husband, Paul Burch, on August 2, 1975; and grandson, Ernest Charles Zierle.

She is survived by two sons, Robert M. Burch of Montreal, Quebec, Douglas M. 
and Thelma Burch of Fenwick; four daughters, Brenda and Robert Forrister of 
Coldwater, Karen and Lee Weisz Zierle of Knoxville, Tennessee, Sharon L. and 
Stephen Marchese of Sheridan, Kristine and Conrad Campbell of Ionia; 14 
grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.  

Funeral services were November 13 at Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, Cook 
Chapel, 220 Rich Street, Ionia with the Rev. Conrad Campbell officiating.  
Interment is in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Ionia.  For those desiring, memorial 
contributions may be made to the Zion United Methodist Church Food Pantry or 
the Danish Sisterhood in Greenville.


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