Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Fletcher, Raymond Edward October 23, 1972 ************************************************ 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 May 22, 2010, 7:46 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, October 23, 1972 Raymond Edward Fletcher, 60, of 9332 Schaeffer Road, Muir, died unexpectedly at Ionia County Memorial hospital Monday morning of an apparent heart attack. He had been admitted to the hospital Sunday. Born December 23, 1911 in North Plains township, he was the son of George and Edna Woodmansee Fletcher. He was married January 20, 1936 to Marion Wright. A member of St. John the Baptist Catholic church of Hubbardston, he was also a lifelong farmer in the area and employed at General Tire in Ionia and its predecessors 20 years. He was preceded in death by a son, Roger. Besides his wife, Marian, he leaves six sons, Gerald of Lyons, Ronald and Terrance of Muir, Mark of Pewamo, and Phillip and Richard at home; three daughters, Mrs. Rita Frayer of Lansing, Mrs. Sharon Gensterbloom of Portland and Mrs. Cathleen Hearld of Muir; ten grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers, Russell of Muir and Neil of Ionia; three sisters, Mrs. Hazel Wright of Ionia, Mrs. Wilma Dorey of Belding and Mrs. Donna Piggott of Fowler. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at St. John the Baptist church at Hubbardston. Interment will be at the church cemetery. Rosary will be recited Monday and Tuesday evenings at 8 p.m. at Estep funeral home north of Muir. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/f/fletcher4511nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb