Ionia-Montcalm County MI Archives Obituaries.....Conklin, Toivo R. 1992 ************************************************ 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 August 13, 2010, 2:29 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, July 1992 Toivo R. “Ty” Conklin, 78, of Zephyrhills, Florida, formerly of Ionia, died on Wednesday at a Charlevoix Hospital. He was born on February 27, 1914 in Iron Belt, Wisconsin, the son of Alred Ranta and Hilma Johnson Conklin. He married Marjorie M. Sanger on December 29, 1940 in Grand Rapids. He was a veteran of WWII, having served in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Lester J. Sitts VFW Post No. 5065 of Sheridan. He retired as a captain from the Michigan Department of Corrections. He moved to Zephyrhills in 1977. He is survived by his daughter Mary Lee Gravel of Victoria, British Columbia; his son Ty Conklin of Charlevoix; and his grandson Malcolm. He was preceded in death by his sister Bertha Nurmi and his brother Eugene R. Conklin. Cremation has taken place. Military graveside services will be 2 p.m. July 15 at the Maple Ridge Cemetery, Vickeryville, with members of the Lester J. Sitts VFW Post No. 5065 officiating. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/conklin7861nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb