Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Crowder, Basil A. 2005 ************************************************ 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 25, 2014, 11:15 am Greenville Daily News, 22 Oct 2005 Basil A. Crowder, 73, of Lakeview, formerly of Belding and Greenville, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2005, at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, from injuries sustained in an accident in September. He was born in Jennings on Jan. 22, 1932, the son of Winfield S. and Pearl Flack Crowder. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in Okinawa, retired after many years as a masonry contractor and was a former member of the American Legion. He married Oveda P. Willett on June 12, 1966, and she died from a car pedestrian accident on Aug. 15, 1999. He was also preceded in death by brothers, Merlin and Calvin Crowder; and sisters, Lillian Helmer, Winnifred McClain, Dorthea Crowder. He is survived by daughter, Lisa K. Rigney and Joe Morin of Gowen; grandsons; K.J. Rigney, Casey Rigney, Riley Morin; brother, Melvin Crowder of Midland; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Adeline Ballmer of Manton, Donna Willett of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Robert and Joanne Willet of Manton; and nieces and nephews. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Monday at Hurst Funeral Home, Greenville, with the Rev. Harry R. Johnson officiating. Burial is in Lake City Cemetery. Visitation is from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/crowder27226nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb