Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Castle, Edith P.(Merkle) March 16, 1978 ************************************************ 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@concast.net January 11, 2024, 5:26 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard - Sat. March 18, 1978 EDITH P.CASTLE IONIA-Edith P.Castle, 70, of 209 Hosford drive died Thursday evening at the Ionia Manor. She was born February 17, 1908 in Germany, the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Charles Merkle. She married Henry Castle January 31, 1927 in ionia and lived all of her life in the Ionia area. She was a member of the Women of the Moose. Two sons, Max and Clifford, and one brother, Carl Merkle, preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband; two sons, LaMar and Henry Jr., of Ionia; one daughter, Mrs.Pauline Knepper of Ionia; one half-brother Lawrence Rhoades of Ionia; one sister, Mrs.Emma Clark of Muskegon, one half-sister Mrs.Gladys Helmer of Ionia; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services are Monday at 1:30 pm from the Myers-Roetman Funeral Home with burial in Balcom Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives at the funeral home Saturday 7 to 9 pm and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A memorial fund is established for Moose heart. Ionia Sentinel Standard-Wed. March 22, 1978 IONIA-Funeral services for edit P. Castle were Monday afternoon from the Myers- Roetman Funeral Home with Steve Pearson officiating. Burial was in Balcom Cemetery. Following services, luncheon was served by the Women of the Moose in the Moose Lodge. Additional Comments: Balcom Cem., Ionia,Mich. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/castle46875nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb