Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Croel, William S. May 19, 1950 ************************************************ 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@concast.net September 18, 2023, 1:10 pm Ionia County News - Thursday May 25, 1950 WILLIAM S. CROEL William S. Croel, Ionia township, died in the Ionia County Memorial Hospital, Friday afternoon, May 19. His death was result of a stroke suffered two weeks earlier. Mr. Croel, son of William and Emeline Croel, was born April 21, 1879, on a farm only a few rods from the home where he had lived for 48 years. In addition to his farming operation he had been a stock buyer for 25 years. In June 1903 he was married to mary Alice Chickering of Belding, who died November 15, 1947. Surviving Mr.Croel are two sons, and a daughter; Russel of Ionia township, William and Mrs.Alice Smith, both of Ionia; two brothers, Claude and Lawrence Croel, and a sister, Mrs.James Brown all of Ionia township. Also eight grand- children. Another sister, Mrs.Walter Herrick of Carson City died in 1946. Rev. Willis B.Hunting officiated at the funeral service held Monday afternoon from LeValley Methodist church of which Mr.Croel had been a member for many years. Bearers wer Arnold Nelson, Stanton, Robert Croel, Lyons, Gordon Fitch, Herbert Gostrick, Harry Maus, Elba Wandel, Ionia. Burial in Tuttle Cemetery. Additional Comments: Tuttle Cem. Sec.1-Row 8 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/croel46233nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb