Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Esch, Frank 1970 ************************************************ 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 31, 2009, 1:36 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 12 Nov 1970 Lyons – Frank Esch, 81, of 204 Railroad, Muir, died Wednesday evening at Ionia County Memorial hospital following a short illness. He was born December 29, 1888 in Westphalia the son of Anthony and Anna Esch. He lived in Portland and Hubbardston areas before coming to Muir in 1942. He was Muir village maintenance worker and also sexton of Muir cemetery until his retirement in 1963. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Bernice Lehman of Dearborn; six sons, Chester, Elmer and Francis of Lansing, Roman of Ionia, Arthur of Fenwick and Leon of Grand Ledge; 33 grandchildren; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Margaret Casselman of Franklin, N. C., and Mrs. Patricia Moses of Portland; one stepson, Charles Quigley of Muir; brother, Nicholas Esch of Lansing. Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic church at Pewamo and interment will be at St. John the Baptist Catholic cemetery at Hubbardston. Rosary will be Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Shaw-Rivett-Hull funeral home in Muir. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/e/esch1971nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb