Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Fate, Elsie "Dolly" E. (Miller) April 27, 1982 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com January 30, 2022, 5:55 am Lake O. Wave, Wed. May 5, 1982 ELSIE (DOLLY) E. FATE IONIA- Elsie (Dolly) E. Fate, 74, of 1530 N. State Road, Route 2, Ionia, died April 27 at her residence. She was born Dec. 20, 1907, in Lafayette, Indiana, the daughter of Ray and Grace Andrews Miller. She attended schools in Indiana and married Melvin A. Warfield in 1923 in Indiana. They made their home there until moving to Ionia in 1935. He preceded her in death. She married Wilbur Fate on July 4, 1949, at SS. Peter and Paul Church. They made their home on King Street and later North State Road, Ionia. He also preceded her in death on January 20, 1971. She worked at Peschke Packing Company and then assisted her husband, Wilbur Fate, in the operation of Fate's Food Store in Ionia. She is a member of the SS. Peter and Paul Church, Daughters of Isabella, St. Jude's Rosary Circle, Margaret Mary Rosary Circle and the Orleans Community Club. Surviving are one step son, Howard Fate of Lake Odessa; two daughters, Mrs. Bob (Georgia) Bennett of rural Orleans and Mrs. L.B. (Betty) Struble of Lyons; two brothers, L.R. Miller and Charles Miller, both of Ionia; two sisters, Mrs. Lloyd (Catherine) Hampshire of Ionia and Mrs. Jack (Josephine) Cohen of Lafayette, Indiana; 14 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. Funeral mass was held Friday at 10 a.m. at S. Peter and Paul Church with Rev. Father Henry Dondzila officiating. Burial was in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Scriptural rosary services was held at the Leddick Funeral Home on Washington at 7 p.m. and Thursday at 7 p.m. A memorial has been established for SS. Peter and Paul Church. Additional Comments: Mass service: April 30, 1982 Mt. Olivet Cemetery #D-55 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/f/fate42258nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb