Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Connor, Murl B. 2009 ************************************************ 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 August 17, 2014, 10:12 pm Greenville Daily News, 9 Dec 2009 Murl B. Connor, 89, of Grand Rapids, formerly of Belding, died Monday morning, Dec. 7, 2009, in Grand Rapids. Murl was born April 30, 1920, in Saranac, the son of Selden W. and Sylvia Rose Connor. He graduated from Ionia High School with the class of 1937 and proudly served his country in World War II serving in the United States Army Air Force. Murl was a lifelong educator, having first started teaching in Dimondale in 1948, moving to Belding in 1953. He taught in Belding for four years and in 1957 became superintendent of Belding Area Schools until 1974, when he became superintendent of Grant Public Schools. He later retired in 1981. In earlier years Murl was active in the Lions Club in Belding and with the Masonic Lodges of Dimondale, Belding and Grant. He was married on April 24, 1943, in Grand Rapids to Billie Rottier and she survives along with their children, Dan and Sharon Connor of Bishop, Calif., Steve Connor of Cardiff, Calif., C. Brett Connor of Kotzebue, Alaska, Jeff Connor of Beaver Island; grandchildren, Wade Connor, Taya Connor of Alaska, Hannah Connor, Levi Connor of Michigan; a brother, Ivan Connor of Kalamazoo; and a sister, Margaret Polk of Kalamazoo. He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Margaret; and one son, David. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding, with Pastor Ken Harger officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service. Private interment will be in Fort Custer National Cemetery near Augusta. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alvah N. Belding Library, Belding Area Schools or the Belding Museum. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/connor26797nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb