Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Creager, Clyde F. 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net August 2, 2015, 10:38 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 24 Aug 1987 Clyde F. Creager, 89, of Ionia, died Saturday morning at Ionia County Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born Sept. 24, 1897, in Ithaca, Mich., he was the son of James and Susan Bates Creager. He was married to the former Nila Thomas of Grand Rapids on Sept. 28, 1930, in Grand Rapids. A veteran of World War I., he was a member of the VFW Post in Holt for 50 years and was a member of DeWitt Masonic Lodge No. 272 for more than 60 years. He retired in 1953 after serving with the U.S. Postal Service for 33 years. After retiring from the U.S.P.S., he owned and operated a Christmas tree farm in Ionia from 1955 to 1978. He is survived by his wife, Nila. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. from the Rich Street Chapel, Montgomery Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jim Houseman officiating. Burial will be in Balcom Cemetery. Visiting hours at the funeral home will be Monday and Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Memorials have been established for Ionia Area Hospice and the American Cancer Society. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/creager31613nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb