Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Charles, Joseph Howard 2001 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net July 25, 2014, 11:27 pm Greenville Daily News, 18 Sep 2001 Ionia - Joseph H. Charles, 71, of South Ionia, passed away Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001, at Ionia County Memorial Hospital. He was born Dec. 1, 1929, in Macon, Mo., the son of Joseph and Helga Grey Charles. He married the former Joyce Zumsteg March 4, 1950, in Macon. Mr. Charles retired from Oldsmobile in 1994 after 30 years as a jobsetter. He enjoyed collecting elephants and had an extensive assortment. He was a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Greenville. Surviving are his wife of 51 years, Joyce Charles of Ionia; sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Sheila Charles of Ionia, Fred and Gabriele Charles of Lyons, Ron and Nancy Charles of Holland; grandchildren, Mike Charles II of Ionia, Eric and Wendy Charles of North Carolina, Brian Charles of Atlanta, Ga., Aimee Charles of Waterford, Rianna Charles of Ionia and Tara Charles of Lyons; great-grandchildren, Zachary Charles of Ionia, Noah Charles of North Carolina; brother and sister-in-law, Pete and Donna Charles of Oregon; sisters and brothers-in-law, Joan and Ralph Holt of Illinois, Martha and Arkel Sneed of Missouri; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one brother, Dean, and two sisters, Cledis and Reba. Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Cook Funeral Home, with Elder Varian Bauman of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Greenville, officiating. Visiting hours for Mr. Charles will be Friday from 7 to 7:80 p.m. at the Cook Funeral Home, Rich Street Chapel, Ionia. Memorial contributions in memory of Joseph may be made to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Greenville, in care of the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/charles26223nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb