Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Coates, William 1926 ************************************************ 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 August 11, 2011, 11:47 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 10 May 1926 Wm. Coates Is Dead After Operation Well-Known Ionia Carpenter Died Sunday at Ann Arbor. Word was received Sunday evening of the death of William Coates at an Ann Arbor hospital. Mr. Coates underwent an operation there two weeks ago. He was 65 years of age and had been a resident of Ionia for many years. He had been employed at carpenter work. Besides his widow, Mr. Coates is survived by five children, Elmer Coates and Mrs. Frank Beckhorn, of Ionia; Mrs. Anna Todd, of Grand Rapids; William Coates, of Flint, Mrs. Rudolph Heether, of Detroit. He is also survived by a brother, Thomas Coates, of Detroit, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Ketchum, of Ionia. The body arrived in Ionia Monday afternoon from Ann Arbor, and the funeral announcement will be made later. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/coates16055nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb