Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Francis, Robert James 1957
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Ionia Daily Sentinel, 13 & 17 Dec 1957

Robert James Francis, 59, of route one, Lyons, died early Friday morning at 
Burton Heights Osteopathic hospital in Grand Rapids.  He had been a patient 
there since Wednesday after he suffered a heart attack while at work at his 
business in Portland.

Born February 21, 1898 in Gardner, Ill., he was a son of Joseph and Alice 
(Craig) Francis.  He was married April 18, 1945 to Mrs. Edna Grant and he had 
owned and operated the All-In-One Feeds, Inc., in Portland for a number of 
years.

Mr. Francis was a member of Cedar Lodge F&AM No. 124, Morris, Ill.; also a 
member of the Consistory Power Squadron of Grand Rapids and attended Christian 
Science church in Lansing.

Surviving are his wife, Edna; a daughter, Mrs. Leon (Helen) Gensterblum of 
Lansing; one grandson; three step-grandchildren; two brothers, Elmer L. of 
Portland, and Claude of Grand Rapids; one sister, Mrs. Maude Campbell of Los 
Angeles, Calif.

Funeral services will be held Monday at 3:30 p.m. at the Myers funeral home.

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Funeral service for Robert J. Francis of Lyons was held at the Myers funeral 
home Monday at 3:30 p.m.  Mr. Francis died at Osteopathic hospital in Grand 
Rapids Friday morning.  Bert Fox and Glenn Piper of Ionia Masonic lodge F&AM 
No. 36 were in charge of the service.  Interment was in Oak Hill cemetery.  
Bearers were employees of the Feed Mill in Portland, Elgin Fox, Arthur 
Bandfield, Louis Gross, Ervin Leik, Gilbert Vroman and Ray Trierweiler.

Attending from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Leon Gensterblum and Jack Nixon of 
Lansing, C. C. Francis, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Francis and C. F. Gaudet of Grand 
Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Francis, Lee Francis and Laurel Francis, Mr. and 
Mrs. Louis Gross, Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Fox, Clarice Showerman, Mr. and Mrs. 
Justin Balderson, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holland, Robert Holland, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. 
Lyer, Mrs. Carl Riker, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Bandfield, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald 
VanBuren, Blanche Young and Mrs. Max Campbell of Portland, Jaye Francis of 
Morris, Ill.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe VanHill of Steen, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. Clare Skinner of 
Caledonia, Mrs. Arnold Kangas of Greenville, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pickard and Mr. 
and Mrs. L. R. Waterman of Muskegon, Mr. and Mrs. Clare Harriman of Lawrence, 
Mr. and Mrs. Wint Bushong of Pewamo, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lyer of Alma, Mr. and 
Mrs. Ervin Leik of Charlotte, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Vroman of Saranac, Mr. and 
Mrs. Allen Stellinga of Rock Rapids, Iowa, Richard, Robert, Raymond and Harold 
King of Coldwater, Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Wright of Holland and Carl Olmstead of 
Orleans.


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