Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Church, Virginia A. (Schipper) 1977 ************************************************ 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 May 10, 2012, 12:29 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 19 Dec 1977 Virginia A. Church, 36, of Jackson, died Sunday evening in Grand Rapids following a short illness. She was born in Nunica July 10, 1941, the daughter of Anthony and Lucia Newsom Schipper. She attended schools in Nunica, Flint and Grand Rapids and was employed as a diet supervisor in Grand Rapids Osteopathic hospital before marrying Vearl S. Church February 21, 1969 at Eastminster Presbyterian church in Grand Rapids. They made their home in Grand Rapids moving to Ionia in 1970 and then to Jackson in 1973. She was a member of the Women of the Moose, Grand Rapids. Survivors include her husband; three sons, Jim, Richard and Andrew at home; her father, Anthony Schipper of Flint; her mother, Mrs. Walt (Lucia) Miller of Fontana, California; two sisters Betty Harris of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Don (Rita) Brisbin of Clio. Funeral services are Wednesday at 1 p.m. from the Leddick funeral home with Rev. Carl Hausermann of First United Methodist church officiating. Burial is in Easton cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives at the funeral home Monday and Tuesday 7 to 9 p.m. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/church17819nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb