Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Earles, Hellen E. (Root) march 6, 2002 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net June 16, 2011, 7:12 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 8 Mar 2002 Hellen E. Earles, 79, of Belding passed away Wed., March 6, 2002 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Plymouth, Ind. She was born April 5, 1922 in Muskegon, the daughter of Ivan and Rachel (Waters) Root. Hellen retired from the Chrysler Corp. in 1982. She was a member of the UAW Local 212, the American Legion Post 203 Auxiliary and a life member of the Eastern Star Lodge 383 of Trufant. On Feb. 10, 1944 in Muskegon, Hellen married Peter Earles and he preceded her in death in 1961. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, one sister, three sons and one granddaughter. Hellen is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Louis and Nancy Earles of Bremen, Ind.; nine grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; one brother, Stanley Root of Florida; and many special friends. Funeral and committal services for Hellen will be at 2 p.m., Saturday at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding with Rev. Dr. Dick Woodward of First Congregational Church officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Trufant Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Eastern Star or Alvah N. Belding Library. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/e/earles13374nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb