Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Darling, Gertrude V.(Curtis) October 12, 1988 ************************************************ 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@comcast.net February 2, 2023, 5:31 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard-Thurs.October 13, 1988 GERTRUDE V. DARLING HASLETT- Gertrude V.Darling, 70, of Haslett, formerly of Lake Odessa, died Oct. 12 at a Lansing Hospital. She was bornJan. 18, 1918, in Woodland, the daughter of Sylvester and Vera Ehret Curtis. She was graduated from Woodland High School. She married DeForrest Darling in Lake Odessa, He preceded her in death. After marriage, they moved to East Lansing, where she lived until 1970. She then moved to Haslett. She was employed for 25 years inLansing School District's Beekman Center for the handicapped. Surviving are a son, Douglas Darling of east Lansing; several grandchildren; seven sisters, Thelma Barnum of Hastings, Violet Jordan of Lake Odessa, Nellie Wells of Woodbury, Artie Nicker son of Lansing, Mildred Waldron of Woodbridge, Ohio, Joyce Vroman of Saranac, and Barbara Weeks of Middleville; five brothers Kendall Curtis of Woodland, Elwin Curtis of Tennessee, Carl Curtis of Lake Odessa, and Glendon Curtis of Woodland. One son, Marvin and three sisters, Dorothy McLeod, Attie Lessell and Letha Southwell, preceded her in death. Funeral service will be Friday at 1 p.m. a the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa, the Rev. Robert Kersten officiating. Burial will be in Lakeside cemetery in Lake Odessa. Visitation will be Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m and 7 to 9 p.m. Additional Comments: Lakeside Cem.#6-E517-3 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/d/darling44952nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb