Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Carpenter, Ralph E. June 1952
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, June 18, 1952
Ralph E. Carpenter, 78, died Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at his home at 834 Belding 
Street, Belding, after a brief illness.  He was born April 28, 1874, the son 
of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Carpenter of Ronald township.  He moved with his 
family to Croton township, Newaygo county, as a child. 

On December 22, 1908 he was married to Miss Ida L. Carpenter at Palo.  He 
operated farms in Orleans and Ionia townships.  In 1946 he sold his farm and 
moved to Lowell where he lived for three years.  Since that time he has lived 
in Belding.  A sportsman, Carpenter had spent much of the time since his 
retirement at his cabin on the Muskegon river.  He was a member of Modern 
Woodmen.

Carpenter is survived by his wife, one son, Donald of Muir, a granddaughter, 
and one sister, Mrs. Ella Squires of Muskegon.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday from the Stone-Kauffman 
funeral home with the Rev. Lewis Herrick of Palo officiating.  Burial will be 
in Palo cemetery.  The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 9 Thursday 
evening.



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