Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Dunlap, Norval H. "Toad" 2004
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Greenville Daily News, 22 Jul 2004

Norval H. “Toad” Dunlap, 87, of Belding, passed away Wednesday morning, July 21,
2004, at Metron of Belding Nursing Home.  Norval was born July 13, 1917, in
Belding, the son of Leo and Nora Haddix Dunlap.

He was a 1936 graduate of Belding High School and a world War II veteran of the
United States Navy.  After the war, he worked as a die repairman for Extruded
Metals for 30 years.  During that same time period he was director of school
transportation for Belding Area Schools.  Norval was a member of American Legion
Post 203 of Belding and he was a lifetime member of F&AM Masons of the
Belding-Ionia Lodge.  He loved hunting and fishing and playing golf with his
wife and friends.

On Oct. 27, 1973, he married Becky Knight Meabon.

He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Karen Dunlap Oswald; four
brothers, Henry, Rusty, Bill and Dick Dunlap; sister, Betty Dunlap; and former
wife, Maxine Manning.

Norval is survived by his wife, Becky Dunlap; son, Richard and Kathy Dunlap of
Coon Rapids, Minn.; stepdaughter, Elizabeth Meabon of Belding; grandchildren,
Laurie and Miles Picotte, Tim Dunlap, Kevin and Sue Oswald, Kelly Oswald and
friend, Mike, Kara Oswald and friend, Steve; great-grandchildren, Jana Max and
Jessica Picotte, Courtney Oswald, Kyle Oswald, Kaitlin Oswald, Jessica Wisinski;
brother, Tom and Anna Mae Dunlap of Greenville; sister, Mary and Don Johnson of
Greenville; sister-in-law, Gladys Ingalls of Stanton; two brothers-in-law, Percy
and Katie Knight of Stanton, Armour and Patty Knight of DeWitt; several nieces
and nephews; very close hunting buddy, Tom Griffiths of Belding; and special
friend, Dawn Marie Finkbeiner.

Funeral services are 1 p.m. Saturday with one hour of visitation prior to the
funeral at Johnson-Feuerstein Home, Belding, with the Rev. Steve Shick, master
of divinity of Hospice of Michigan and the Rev. Dan Bennett of Grand Rapids
officiating.  In keeping with Norval’s wishes, his remains will be cremated
after the funeral services and interment will be in Rest Haven Memory Gardens at
a later date.  The Masonic Lodge and the American Legion will also have memorial
services at the time of the funeral.  Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at
the funeral home.  Memorial contributions may be given to the Alvah N. Belding
Library, Hospice of Michigan of the Alzheimer’s Association.


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