Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Garland, Virginia M. (VanSlyke) 1980 ************************************************ 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 28, 2014, 1:03 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 12 Dec 1980 Virginia M. Garland, 73 of South Stage Road, Ionia, died Wednesday at Ionia County Memorial Hospital. She was born September 6, 1907 in Ionia, the daughter of Ami and Edith Angel VanSlyke. She lived in Ionia all her life. In 1926, she married Arthur Garland. He proceeded her in death in 1951. She worked at Newell Manufacturing in Lowell, and Ivan Clark Manufacturing and Chrysler Corporation in Lyons. She retired in 1969. She was a member of the Chrysler Senior Citizens Club. Survivors include two sons, Ami (Pete) of rural Ionia and Lester of Belding; three daughters, Mrs. Frank (Shirley) Wirtz of Stanton, Donna Link of Edmore and Mrs. Richard (Carolyn) Hansen of Louisiana; one sister, Mrs. Roy (Mary) Colley of Ionia; 24 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Funeral Services will be Saturday from 2 p.m. from the Leddick Funeral home with the Rev. Ronald Dow officiating. Burial will be in North Plains Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives Friday, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A memorial has been established for the Diabetes Association. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/g/garland24218nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb