Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Compton, Emma M. 2002 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net July 30, 2010, 7:49 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, December 15, 2002 Emma M. Compton, 89, of Lake Odessa, died Monday at her residence. She was born August 28, 1903, in Danby Township, the daughter of Ellie and Maude Davids Davis. She attended Abby rural school and was married to Forrest Compton on February 22, 1925 in Mulliken. She was employed by Fisher Body, Lansing, for 16 ½ years. She is survived by two daughters, Geraldine Moltmaker of Lake Odessa and Joyce Smith of Sunfield; seven sisters: Flossie Backer of Lansing, Laura Norris of St. Johns, Pauline Root of Lewiston, and Dorothy Hoisington, Mildred Beech, Lillie Mosher, and Erma Vrooman of Grand Ledge; six grandchildren; and 12 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one grandson, one great grandson, one brother Cleo, and one sister Nellie. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. on Thursday at the Koops Funeral Chapel - Lake Odessa. Burial will be in the Lakeside Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday. A memorial has been established for the Ionia Area Hospice, in care of the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/compton7344nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb