Ionia-Kent County MI Archives Obituaries.....Curtis, Alice April 1961 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net May 6, 2010, 8:46 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel, Tuesday, April 18, 1961 Lyons -- Word was received in Lyons of the death of Mrs. Alice Curtis of Grand Rapids, a native of North Plains township and rural Muir. Mrs. Curtis had been blind for some years and had been in a convalescent home in Grand Rapids. She was the daughter of Noah D. Koutz and her mother was the former Sarah E. Scott of North Plains. Mrs. Curtis followed the dressmaker’s trade for many years. She was a member of the Muir Methodist church which later was moved to Lyons. She was married to Seymour Courtis who passed away several years ago. They lived in Grand Rapids and she was affiliated with the Second Street Methodist church and was honored several times for her continuous membership and her activity in the church. She is survived by a nephew and niece, Ralph and Ruth Norman of Grand Rapids and two stepdaughters, Mrs. Bert Underwood and Mrs. Purl Johnson both of Ionia and several cousins in Lake Odessa. Burial was Monday in the North Plans cemetery. Mrs. Curtis came from a pioneer family of North Plains township and was born in a log house on the present Dinehart farm on Stone road just north and one- half mile east of Muir. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/curtis3737nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb