Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Force, Aretha R. (Keselring) 1949 ************************************************ 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 March 27, 2014, 3:29 pm Ionia Daily Sentinel Standard, 21 May 1949 Mrs. Aretha R. Force died at 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 20, in Belding city hospital after being admitted Wednesday evening. She was 46 years old. Mrs. Force was born in Greenville, Oct. 18, 1902, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kesselring. She was a resident of the Seeley neighborhood for about 18 years. Her husband, the late DeForrest Force, died in 1946. She was an active member of the Belding Church of God. Surviving are her parents; a daughter, Mrs. Paul Stiles of Belding route 2; a son, Howard, at home; a sister, Mrs. Ivah Boyce of Greenville; four brothers Leslie, Harold, Donald and Roy, all of Greenville; one grandchild; and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Iva Force. The remains are at the Fitzjohn funeral home in Belding. Sunday the body will be removed to the Church of God at 2 p.m. and funeral services will be conducted there at 3 p.m. by the Rev. Kirby. Interment will be in the family lot at Otisco cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/f/force24180nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb