Ionia-Clinton County MI Archives Obituaries.....Droste, Elizabeth A. 1983 ************************************************ 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 July 31, 2010, 7:09 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, November 7, 1983 Elizabeth A. Droste, 83, of 219 N. Heyer Street, Westphalia, died Friday, November 4, in the Eaton County Medical Facility. She was born July 16, 1909 in Westphalia, the daughter of Christopher and Mary Fernolz Fandel. Her husband, Aloysious, preceded her in death in 1969. She was a member of Christian Mothers and Westphalia Senior Citizens. Surviving are two sons, Thomas and Richard, both of Westphalia; four daughters, Mrs. Charles (Georgiana) Clark of Redford; Mrs. Sam (Alice) Donohue of Lansing, Mrs. John (Wilma) Schafer and Mrs. James (Patricia) Pung, both of Westphalia; 20 grandchildren and one great grandchild; one brother, Herman Fandel, of Westphalia; and one sister, Mrs. Nora Braun of Fowler. Rosary services were held Sunday at 3 and 8 p.m. at St. Mary’s Chapel, Westphalia. Funeral mass will be today at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church, Westphalia, with burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons: Kenneth Clark, Patrick Donohue, Jack Schafer, Daniel Pung, and Todd and Tim Droste. Arrangements have been made by Neller Funeral Home of Portland. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/d/droste7380nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb