Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Count, Merle E. July 15, 1987 ************************************************ 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: Pat Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net March 31, 2020, 6:00 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard-Fri. July 17, 1987 MERLE E COUNT CLARKSVILLE-Merle E. Count, 79, of Route 1, Bell Road, Clarksville, died Wednesday at his residence. He was born May 21, 1908 in Yankee Springs, the son of Bert and Mary (Gruber) Count. He married Agnes Foot on Sept 19, 1928. They had farmed in the Delton area before moving to Clarksville in 1943. They lived on Peddler Lake farm for 44 years. Surviving are his wife, Agnes; one son, Richard of Middleville; three daughters, Jean Cook of Fenwick, Janet Erb of Freeport, and Judy Count of Clarksville, 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren. One son, Lyle and one brother, Robert, preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Wesleyan Church in Clarksville, The Rev. Ed Schrock officiating. Burial will be in Clarksville Cemetery. The family will be at the Koop Funeral Home in Clarksville today from 2 to 4 p.m and from 7 to 9 p.m. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/count35024nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb