Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cole, Ralph W. 1993 ************************************************ 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 9, 2013, 3:03 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 26 Jan 1993 Ralph W. Cole, 88, of Ionia died Monday at the Ionia Manor. He was born March 22, 1904, in Sparta, the son of Amos and Margaret Carpenter Cole. He was a steeple jack and painter in Ionia for many years. He is survived by his wife of 57 years Mildred; two sons, Larry of Fenwick and Wayne of Ionia; three daughters, Virginia Worthington and Gayla Gladding of Ionia, and Kathy Batchelor of Saranac; 17 grandchildren; and six great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his daughter Kathryn Cole in 1941; one grandson; and one half sister. Funeral and committal services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Myers Memorial Chapel, Ionia, with the Rev. Kenneth Harger officiating. The family will be at the Main St. Chapel one hour prior to the funeral service. Burial will be in the Balcom Cemetery in the Spring. A memorial has been established for the Ionia Helping Hands, in care of the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/cole19983nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb