Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Feltman, Father Harold R. August 17, 2003
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, date unknown
Father Harold R. Feltman, 77, of Ionia passed away on Sunday, August 17, 
2003.  He was born January 25, 1926 in Shepard, the son of Arnold and 
Josephine (Klaman) Feltman.

Fr. Feltman attended St. Joseph’s Seminary of Philosophy in Montreal and St. 
John’s Seminary in Plymouth.  He was ordained June 4, 1955 at St. Andrew’s 
Cathedral in Grand Rapids.  He served as Assistant Pastor of St. Francis 
Catholic Church in Traverse City and St. Simon’s Catholic Church in 
Ludington.  He pastored St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Frankfort and also St. 
Anthony’s Catholic Church in Saranac.  He later went on to become the Catholic 
Chaplain at the Ionia State Reformatory before retiring in 1989.  

He was preceded in death by his parents, sisters, Lucille Dill and Lucinda 
Smolek.  Surviving are his brother, Elmer Feltman of Shepard; sisters, Donalda 
Kalmer of Shepard and Mary Ann (Norbert) Warniment of Miller City, Ohio; 
several nieces and nephews; and dear friend Gloria Hawkins and her family.

The Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated by the Most Rev. Robert J. 
Rose, Bishop of Grand Rapids and concelebrated by the Rev. Ron Warniment and 
Rev. Eugene Golas at 11 a.m. Friday at SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church, 
Ionia.  The Rite of Committal will take place at St. Vincent DePaul Catholic 
Cemetery in Shepard at 3 p.m. Friday.  The family will receive friends at SS 
Peter & Paul Catholic Church from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 
Thursday.  A vigil service will be prayed at 8 p.m. Thursday.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Guest House in 
memory of Fr. Harold R. Feltman.  Arrangements are entrusted to the Schrauben-
Lehman Funeral Home, Cook Chapel, 220 Rich Street, Ionia, MI  48846.


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