Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Draper, William H. 1969 ************************************************ 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: Pat Blood pat.blood@gmail.com July 2, 2013, 7:59 pm Ionia Sentinel - 7 April1 1969 William H. Draper, 87, of 83 Main Street, Saranac, died early Monday morning at a local nursing home following a lengthy illness. He was born September 10, 1882 in Ionia County the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hezekiah Draper. He was a farmer in South Boston until 1939 when he moved to Saranac. In 1930 he married Fern Shaver, who passed away in 1952. On February 12, 1965 he married Irma Cilley. A daughter Marian, passed away in 1965. He was a member of Saranac Community church and South Boston grange. Surviving besides his wife Irma, are one brother, Guy Draper of Detroit; one step-daughter, Mrs. Abraham Reedy of Lansing and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Thursday at Morris – Roetman funeral home in Saranac at 2 pm with Rev. John Hancock officiating. Burial will be a South Boston cemetery. Family will be at the funeral home Tuesday and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/d/draper21290nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb