Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Flores, Martha (Kemppainen) (Bell) 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net February 13, 2010, 10:09 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 2 Nov 2004 Martha (Kemppainen) (Bell) Flores, age 77, of Ionia, passed away Saturday, Oct. 31, 2004 in Grand Rapids. She was born December 9, 1926 in Watton the daughter of John and Linda (Ryte) Kemppainen. She graduated from L’Anse High School. Martha married John Howard Bell January 29, 1948 in Trout Creek, and he preceded her in death in 1998. She married Manuel Flores June 11, 1983. [Transcriber's Note: The dates are as written in the obituary.] She worked for Chrysler, at the Lyons Trim Plant until retiring in 1972. She was a member of North Plains Church. Martha is survived by her loving husband Manuel Flores of Ionia; children Jim (Barbara) Bell of Ionia, John E. Dian Bell of Ohio, Debra White of Grand Rapids, Diane (Tom) Hatinger of Ionia, Marty Bell of Saranac; step-children Don Gable of Ohio, Mary Dennis of Ionia, Jo Anne Norris of Texas; brother Robert Kemppainen of L’Anse; 11 grandchildren, four step-grandchildren and 14 great- grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one daughter Melinda in 1969; three brothers Edwin, John, Charles; three sisters, Marion, Gertrude, and Helen. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Wednesday, at Lake Funeral Home in Ionia with Rev. Bob Jourdan officiating. Interment Balcom Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. You may make memorial contributions in Martha’s memory to North Plains Church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/f/flores2874nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb