Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....COE, Howard Merrill September 9, 2007 ************************************************ 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: LaVonne Bennett lib@dogsbark.comJanuary 14, 2008, 4:01 pm THE SEBEWA RECOLLECTOR; Newsletter from Sebewa (MI); December 2007, Volume 43, Number 3. Submitted with written permission of Editor Grayden D. Slowins RECENT DEATH: Howard Merrill Coe, 92, husband of Vivian (Miles) Coe, father of Janet Lakin, Rosa Lee Tiffany, Darrell Coe, Tom Coe, Mary Ellen Benjamin, Sharon Benjamin, Gary Coe, Margaret Engberg, R. Coe, Martha Co, and infant sons Billie Dean & Keith Coe, brother of the late Ethel Allen, son of Jessie & Lydia Coe. Born October 1, 1914, married September 22, 1934. Howard worked 17 years for Valley City Milling Co. until the disastrous fire of February 1950, then he worked 25 years for Builders Lumber & Supply Co. He was much in demand for advice to customers, and in retirement he helped many of us with repair projects, especially the Portland Baptist Church. He died September 26, 2007, and is buried in Portland Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/coe2760gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb