Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cotton, Elwyne L. March 10, 2013 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com August 23, 2014, 12:49 pm Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Tue. March 12, 2013 Elwyne L. Cotton, 83, of Ionia passed away March 10, 2013 in Lowell. He was born Aug. 24, 1929 in Paw Paw, Mich., the son of Percy J. and Amanth (Manning) Cotton. He married Ruth Clark, March 30, 1974 in Ionia. She preceded him in death June 5, 2011. Elwyne retired from General Motors in 1985 where he worked after leaving the farm. He loved his yard and his John Deere Tractors. Elwyne is survived by his brother, Orville (Ann) Cotton; sister, Justine (James) Francis; nieces and nephews. Step family; daughter, Gayle (Ken) Ritenburgh, daughter-in-law, Barbara Clark and several grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, stepson, Richard Clark and sister, Martha. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, March 15 at Lake Funeral Home of Ionia. Memorial contributions may be made in Elwyne’s name to Hospice of Michigan or Alzheimer’s Foundation. Online condolences may be made at www.lakefuneralhomes.com. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/cotton27077nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb