Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Chapin, Robert E. 2003
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 10 May 2003

Mr. Robert E. Chapin, 75, of Ionia, passed away Friday, May 9, 2003, at Ionia 
County Memorial Hospital.  He was born the son of James and Ethel (Dillenbeck) 
Chapin on December 1, 1927, in Ionia.

Mr. Chapin graduated from Stanton High School in 1946 and from Montcalm County 
Normal after one year.  He taught two years in Stanton Rural Schools.  Robert 
was also a Veteran of the Korean war, serving in the U.S. Marines.  He was a 
long time member and Lay Minister for many years at SS. Peter & Paul Catholic 
Church in Ionia, and a Corrections Lay Chaplain for a number of years.  Bob was 
a past Grand Knight of the Ionia Knights of Columbus where he was a 3rd Degree 
with the Fr. Fierle Council #994, and a 4th Degree with the Bishop Edward D. 
Kelley Assembly #0473 in Grand Rapids.  He was also a long time State Officer 
of the Squires.  He retired from Brown Corporation in Ionia.  He worked part-
time at Cook Funeral Home in Ionia as well.

He was preceded in death by his father James Chapin in 1955; brothers, Charles 
and Gary Chapin; sister, May O’Mara and niece Joy Slingerland.

Surviving are his mother, Ethel Chapin of Greenville; brother, Richard 
(Patricia) Chapin of Sheridan; sisters, Phyllis (Laverne) Adams of Greenville 
and Lois (Bill) Walker of Grand Rapids; several nieces and nephews that he 
adored greatly; very special brother-in-law, Gene O’Mara of Lake Odessa; and 
sister-in-law, Janet Chapin of Lakeview.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11 a.m. Monday, May 12, 2003, 
at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Ionia, with Fr. Melvin Fox, Pastor, as 
celebrant.  Rite of Committal to take place at Forest Hill Cemetery, Stanton.  
The family will receive friends at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, Cook 
Chapel, 220 Rich Street, Ionia, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday 
with a rosary prayed at 8 p.m. Sunday.

For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the SS Peter & Paul 
Church Memorial Fund, in memory of Robert E. Chapin.  


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