Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Calkins, Florence M. (Doane) November 4, 1980 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net March 18, 2023, 6:18 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard-Wed.November 5, 1980 MRS. FLORENCE M. CALKINS SHERIDAN-Mrs.Florence M.Calkins, 79, of 125 Fargo St.,Sheridan, died Tuesday at United Memorial Hospital in Greenville. She was born Jan. 29, 1901 in Greenville the daughter of Lester and Bertha Doane. She was a lifelong resident of the Fenwick -Sheridan area. She was a retired seamstress. She was preceded in death by husband, Rex Calkins in 1969. She is survived by six daughters,Mrs.Alvin (Maude) Waldorf of Fenwick, Mrs.Lyle (Norma) Minikey of Sheridan, Mrs.Dale (Kathleen) Pearson of Fenwick, Mrs.Kenneth (Carrie) Smalley of Sheridan, Mrs.Nelson (Lucille) Hoisington of Orleans and Mrs.William (Marie) Olsen of St.Louis, MO., 23 grandchildren, 28 great- grandchildren, one great-great-granddaughter; one sister, Miss Maude Doane of Pewamo; and one brother, Ralph Doane of Pewamo. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Stebbins and Simpson Funeral Home in Sheridan with Pastor Kenneth Harger officiating. Burial will be in Clear Lake Cemetery in Fairplains Township. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to VFW Auxiliary Building Fund. Envelopes are available at the Funeral Home. Visitation hours will be Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Additional Comments: Clear Lake Cem.,Fenwick File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/calkins45288nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb