Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Conklin, Claude C. July 19, 1969 ************************************************ 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 June 13, 2010, 8:26 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, July 21, 1969 Claude C. Conklin, 72, 5516 McKendry road, died July 19, in Ionia County Memorial Hospital. Born July 18, 1897 in Boston township, he lived most of his life in Easton township where he operated a farm. For a short time he made his home at 236 Yeomans street in Ionia. He was a member of Ionia Moose lodge and the Michigan Farm Bureau. Among the survivors are his wife the former Leona Tuthill, whom he married in Lowell on April 9, 1921; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Christensen of Belding, and Mrs. Richard Comers of Ionia; a foster son, Laverne Bakelaar, Edwardsburg; three sisters, Mrs. Oliver Clark, Elkhart, Ind.; Mrs. Homer Cowles, Belding and Mrs. S. Bruno of Modesto, California; nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday from Huffman funeral home in Belding, the Rev. Ross Tracy of the Central Methodist church officiating. Bearers will be Ronald Hoskins, Gordon Poffehn, John Reinhardt, Oliver Camp, Keith Grieves, and Henry Rathburn. Burial will be in Easton cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/conklin5506nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb