Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Forback, Mary Parker (Whitford April 21, 1951 ************************************************ 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 November 24, 2013, 10:43 pm Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard - Mon. April 23, & Wed. April 25, 1951 Mrs. Mary Parker Forback, 86, of 203 Railroad street, died at the University hospital, Ann Arbor, Saturday at 6 p.m. after being a patient there for eleven weeks. She was born in Perry Oct. 14, 1864, the daughter of Joseph and Amelia Whitford. She had been a resident of Ionia for 53 years. She married Marty Parker Jan. 9, 1883, and he died in Ionia in 1920. She later married Henry Forback in 1928 and he died in 1930. She was a member of the Royal Neighbors society. Mrs. Forback leaves a son, Bethel, of Spring Lake; a daughter, Alberta Parker, of Detroit; a brother, Watt Whitford, of Minnesota; and a sister, Mrs. E.B. Fay of Minnesota. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Boynton funeral home. Dr. Howard Smith will officiate. Interment will be in the family lot, Oak Hill cemetery. WED. APRIL 25, 1951 Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Parker Forback, 86, of 203 Railroad street, who died at the University hospital, Ann Arbor, Saturday, April 24, at 2 ;30 p.m. at the Boynton funeral home. Dr Howard A. Smith officiated. Interment was in the family lot, Oak Hill cemetery. Bearers were Frank Gazella, John Weatherwax, Roy Witzel and Vewrnon VanBuren. Those attending from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Betherl Parker of Spring Lake, Miss Alberta Parker of Detroit and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Eddy, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bliss and Mrs. Louise Bliss of Saranac. Additional Comments: Parker, Mary L- as listed in cemetery records Mrs. Henry Forback Mrs. Marty Parker Oakhill Cemetery #123 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/f/forback23116nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb