Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Courter, Basil W. December 31, 1977 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net April 28, 2023, 3:52 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard - Tues.January 3, 1978 BASIL W. COURTER SARANAC - Basel W. Courter, 78, of route 1, died Saturday evening in Belding Community Hospital. Born in Berlin Township February 18, 1899 he was the son of Cornelious and Hila (Drew) Courter. He farmed in the Saranac area all hi life, and was active in the Galillee Baptist Church. He married Vada Conner, March 25, 1936, in Indiana. She survives. He was preceded in death by his first wife, a son and a stepson. Other survivors includes; two daughters,Mrs.Grace Taylor of Saranac, and Mrs.Blanche Mahar of Belding; a daughter-in-law, Alice Courter of Saranac; ten grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson. Private services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Roetman-Lake Funeral Home in Saranac with the Rev B.Kenneth Martin of Green Corners Baptist Church of Belding officiating. The family will receive relatives and friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Contributions may be made to the Galillee Baptist Church. Burial is at Saranac Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/courter45546nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb