Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Fernholz, Jo Ann Marie June 7, 2004 ************************************************ 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, 5:17 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, June 10, 2004 Jo Ann Marie Fernholz, age 67, of Ionia, passed away on Monday, June 7, 2004. She was born on February 3, 1937 in Portland, the daughter of Harold and Marguerite (Fedewa) Fernholz. Jo Ann was a member of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Ionia and she had deep spiritual beliefs as well as a strong personal relationship with God. She loved her work as well as volunteering at the Ionia County Commission on Aging and Family Independence Agency. Preceding her in death are her parents; grandmother, Minnie Fedewa. Surviving are her brother, Paul (Elizabeth) Fernholz of Muir; sisters, Dolores (Mark) Schmitt of Hubbardston, Sandra (Joe) Meyers of Ionia and Janice (Jim) Maynard of Ionia; and many nephews, nieces, aunts and uncles. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by the Rev. Melvin Fox at 11 a.m. on Thursday at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ionia. Rite of Committal will take place at 2:30 p.m. at Portland Cemetery that day. The family will receive friends from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 220 Rich Street, Ionia, and from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday at the church. A rosary will be prayed at 8 p.m. Wednesday evening. For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the Ionia Area Hospice, Ionia County Commission on Aging or SS. Peter and Paul Educational Trust Fund, in memory of Jo Ann M. Fernholz. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/f/fernholz5559nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb