Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cottrell, Leslie C. February 4, 1978
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Sentinel-Standard - Monday, Feb. 6, 1978

                   Ionia man dies in Montcalm accident

STANTON- An Ionia man, Leslie C. Cottrell, 65, of 2594 Dick road, was killed 
Saturday morning while riding a snowmobile near Greenville.

According to Montcalm County sheriff deputies, who investigated the accident, a 
car, driven by Michael A. Belcher, 31, of Belding was eastbound on Airport 
drive towards the airport and was following the snowmobile which Cottrell was 
riding.

Deputies were told that the snowmobile came to a stop, however, Belcher did now 
know it had and struck it in the rear, throwing Cottrell from the machine.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A complete obituary appears on page 3 of today's Sentinel-Standard. 


                             Leslie C. Cottrell
IONIA- Leslie C. Cottrell, 65, of Dick road, was killed Sunday morning in a car-
snowmobile accident at the Greenville Airport in Greenville.

He was born in Belding June 11, 1912, the son of Clarence and Ann Perry 
Cottrell and attended schools in Belding. He served with the U.S. Army in the 
African campaign during World War II and returned to the Belding area after the 
war where he was a self-employed painter. 

He married Merlan Fountain September 28, 1957 in First Methodist church in 
Ionia. They made their home on Price street, moving to the present residence in 
1969.

Mr. Cottrell worked at Ionia manufacturing and successor firms and then for 
Dave Stebbins at McPherson Hatchery, retiring in 1974.

He was a member to Temple Baptist church and a life member of the Ionia 
Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Survivors include his wife, his father, Clarence of Auburn, Kentucky; one son, 
John of Stanton; four step-sons, David, Daryle, F. Stephen and Galen Fountain 
of Ionia; seven grandchildren; one brother, Clifford of Grand Haven and two 
sisters, Mrs. Roger (Mildred) Wright of Belding and Mrs. Lawrence (Marion) 
Barry of Auburn, Kentucky.

Services are Wednesday at 2 pm from Temple Baptist church with Rev. Ralph 
Barton officiating.

Burial is in Easton cemetery.

The family will receive friends and relatives at the Leddick funeral home 
Monday and Tuesday 7 to 9 pm. 

Additional Comments:
Services: Wednesday, 8 February 1978
Easton cemetery #644

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