Ionia-Barry County MI Archives Obituaries.....Endres, Carrie M. October 19, 1989 ************************************************ 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 June 14, 2010, 2:51 pm The Hastings Reminder, Tuesday, October 24, 1989 Carrie M. Endres, 69, of 1411 Vedder Road, Lake Odessa passed away Thursday, October 19, 1989 at her residence. Mrs. Endres was born on February 19, 1920 in Castleton Township, Barry County, the daughter of William and Ilene (Gillespie) Cogswell. She was raised in Castleton Township and attended the Lakeview Rural School, graduating in 1937 from Hastings High School. Following graduation she worked at the Reed’s Drug Store and Hastings Manufacturing Company. She was married to Gerald M. Endres March 14, 1953. During World War II she enrolled in the Nurses Cadet Corps and trained at Community Hospital in Battle Creek, graduating in 1947. She worked several years in the office of Drs. Finnie and Phelps. She did private nursing and was with Hastings Provincial House for ten years before retiring in 1982. She was a member of the Barry County Farm Bureau and Nichols Community Alumni Association. Mrs. Endres is survived by her husband, Gerald; daughter and son-in-law, Ilene and Bob Roth of Lowell; son and daughter-in-law, Lawrence and Mary Endres of Clarksville, son, John Endres of Freeport; five grandchildren, Craig and Melanie Endres, Jolene and Michael Roth and Heidi Endres; five sisters, Ruth Varney and Reva Schantz, both of Nashville, Ruby Curtiss and Dorothy Wolfe, both of Hastings, Greta Endres of Lake Odessa; one brother, George Cogswell of Hastings; many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a son, Carl Endres, November 14, 1977 and a brother, Lloyd Cogswell. Funeral services were held Saturday, October 21 at the Wren Funeral Home, Hastings with Rev. Bill Stevens officiating. Burial was at the Freeport Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lake Odessa Grace Brethren Church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/e/endres5552nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb