Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Davidson, Spear 2006
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Greenville Daily News, 27 Mar 2006

Spear Davidson, 103 and three-quarters years old, of rural Greenville, passed
away Saturday morning, March 25, 2006, at Spectrum Health United Memorial Long
Term Care Unit, Greenville.  Spear was born July 12, 1902, in Chatham, N.J., the
son of Frank and Elizabeth McLean Davidson.

Spear moved with his family from New Jersey to Detroit when he was a child.  He
attended business school in Detroit and in the early 1930s he bought a farm near
Belding where he had lived ever since.  Spear had lived a long an productive
life.  He was the No. 1 fan of the Detroit Tigers and knew all the old and
current players.  He loved to listen to all the baseball games on the radio. 
After moving to the area, Spear had worked for Kelvinator in Grand Rapids and
later at Gibson’s in Greenville and for the Belding Lumber Co.  He had also
driven bus for Forest Grove School.  He was married Jan. 19, 1935, in Detroit to
Marian P. Wright.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Marian, on March 28, 2000;
brothers, Ralph, John, Archibald and Frank; and sister, Ruth.  Spear is survived
by daughter, Laura Alsgaard and Tom Clous of Belding; granddaughter, Heather and
Jeff Kerkstra of Belding; great-grandchildren, Taylare Harris, Samantha
Kerkstra, Mitchell Kerkstra; very close friends and caregivers, Janice Hartman,
Doug White, Jennifer Mortensen and her son, Zach Mortensen; and several nephews
and great-nieces and great-nephews.

In keeping with his wishes, no visitation or service will take place at this
time.  Memorial services will be at a later date.  Interment will be with his
beloved wife, Marian, in Otisco Township Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may
be given to Alvah N. Belding Library or the Belding Museum.  Funeral services
were entrusted to Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding.


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