Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Eldridge, Virginia Lois 2001 ************************************************ 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 December 6, 2009, 4:04 pm Ionia Sentinel, 31 Aug 2001 Virginia Lois Eldridge, 86, formerly of Portland, born on Aug. 31, 1914 in Lansing died Monday, Aug. 27, 2001 in Naples, Florida. Mrs. Eldridge along with her husband, Arthur J. Eldridge, who predeceased her April 27, 1999, lived in Traverse City and managed orchards before coming to Naples in 1974. She was a member of Seagate Baptist Church for 27 years and she was a lifetime member of The Gideons International. Mrs. Eldridge raised 39 foster children. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, James and Olyvia Eldridge of Naples; two daughters and sons-in- law, Joanne and Bob Dolby of Lansing, Michigan; two sisters, Willa Utterback of Portland and Gloria Pepera of Estero, Florida; 12 grandchildren; 19 great- grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by three brothers. The family will receive friends Thursday, Aug. 30, 2001 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Muller-Thompson Funeral Chapel, 2011 Pine Ridge Road. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. from Seagate Baptist Church, 1010 Whippoorwill Lane, with Dr. James M. Odom officiating. A local funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. Errol Jameson at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001 at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 1301 E. Grand River Ave., Portland. Private interment will take place at Tuttle Cemetery, Ionia. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to service time. Memorial contribution File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/e/eldridge1653nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb