Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Godden, William Wayne 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 December 4, 2010, 8:32 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 2 Oct 2004 William Wayne Godden, age 73, of Marion, formerly of Ionia, passed away on September 30, 2004. He was born on June 29, 1931 in Sturgis, the son of Carlos LeRoy and Rosmond (Parham) Godden. Mr. Godden was a veteran of the United States Army, and a member of the Ionia Moose Lodge. William loved to travel, the outdoors and spending his winters in Arizona. He also enjoyed airplanes. Surviving are his daughter, Kathie (Craig) Simon of Portland; step-children, Clyde (girlfriend Lucretia) Brand of Harrison, Debra Sheppard of Battle Creek, and Brenda (Terry) Fancett of Harrison; granddaughter, Marion “Peanut” Simon; step-grandchildren, Michael, Bradley, Nick and Adam Brand, Jamie and Heather Fancett, Billie Jo Nielseon, Lezle, Lance and Dustin Kilbourn; five great- grandchildren; siblings, Barb (Gerald) Gibson, Thomas (Judy) Godden, David (Jan) Godden, and Karen Martin; many nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death were his parents; wife, Marion in 1978. The funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. Kenneth Harger, Pastor of Shiloh Community Church, at 1 p.m. October 4, 2004 at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 220 Rich Street, Ionia. Interment will take place in Easton Township Cemetery, Ionia. The family will receive friends at the funeral home form 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. At Bill’s request, you are asked to dress casual for the funeral. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/g/godden10154nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb