Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Castle, Marion A. July 1955 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net July 3, 2010, 7:23 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, July 26, 1955 Marion A. Castle, 78, of Lyons died Tuesday at 4:30 a.m. at his home after a week’s illness. Mr. Castle was born September 30, 1876 in Berlin township, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Castle. He had lived his entire life in Ionia county, had worked in the Pere Marquette car shops for about 15 years before farming for a time. He was married to Nellie Nichols in December 1904. They moved to Lyons in 1942. Survivors besides his wife Nellie are one daughter, Mrs. Bertha Butler of Saranac, four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one son, Henry Castle of South Ionia. Funeral services will be at Stone-Kauffman funeral home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Burial will be at Balcom cemetery. Subsequent Publication: July 29, 1955 Funeral services for Marion A. Castle of Lyons were held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at Stone-Kauffman funeral home . The Rev. Lewis Horn officiated and interment was at Balcom cemetery. Pallbearers were Henry Castle Jr., Lamar Castle, Floyd Castle, Donald Castle, Clarence Castle and Ralph Kellogg. Those attending from out of town were Mrs. Bertha Butler, William Vandercoy, Shirley Smith, Vada Willette, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robson, Emma Woodard and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gunther of Saranac, Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Castle, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Winright, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Haight, Mrs. Amy Castle, Mrs. Albert Heth, Mrs. Meriam Hancock, Mrs. Ella Hancock, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ockert, Mrs. Emma Hancock and Mrs. Calvin Castle of Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Castle of Plymouth, Mrs. Blanche Castle, Kenneth Snyder, Allie Snyder, Floyd Castle, Clarence Castle and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Castle of Howard City, Miss Hattie Nichols and Miss Ella Nichols of Alma, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hoxie of Lansing, Harvey Feather of Belding, Mrs. Alberta Higbee, Mrs. and Mrs. Ira Webster and Mrs. and Mrs. Stanton Priest of Muskegon and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Eckley of Muir. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/castle6383nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb