Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Curtis, Ray E. 1977
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 21 Dec 1977

Ray E. Curtis, 89, of Okemos, died Monday evening in Olds Manor in Grand Rapids.
 He was born in Ronald township, April 9, 1888, the son of George and Abbie Pray
Curtis.

Mr. Curtis married Clarabele Benedict January 6, 1910 and they lived in Ionia
where he operated Curtis and Sons grocery for 30 years.  He also operated the
cafeteria for the General Motors AC plant during World War II.  They moved to
Grand Rapids in 1950 and then to Okemos in 1963.

Mr. Curtis was also an active antique dealer, a former member of First Christian
church in Ionia, a life member of the Ionia Elks, served as a member of the
Ionia school board in the 1920’s and on the Ionia board of the Office and Price
Administration during WWII.

Survivors are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Maxine) Haga and Mrs. Verner
(Jean) Vogt of Mason; one brother, George of Grand Rapids; a sister, Dorothy
Clardy of LeGuna Hills, California; five grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.

Services are Friday at 1 p.m. from the Leddick funeral home with Rev. Eldon
Watterworth of First Christian church officiating.  Burial is in Woodard Lake
cemetery.  The family will receive friends and relatives in the funeral home
Wednesday 7 to 9 and Thursday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.


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