Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Greenleaf, Wallace C. 1951
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 24 Dec 1951

Wallace C. Greenleaf, 77, a well-known Muir farmer and bee-keeper died 
unexpectedly Saturday afternoon at the home of a neighbor following a heart 
attack.

He had gone to the home of Irwin Reed on an errand when he was stricken by the 
heart attack and died.

Mr. Greenleaf had lived on his farm, one mile north of Muir, for nearly 29 
years.  He was born November 2, 1874 in Cass City and was one of seven children 
born to James A. and Mary J. Greenleaf.

In 1898 he went to Cleveland, Ohio where he was employed as a stationary 
engineer for 25 years.  He was married in 1901 to Mary M. Keck, who later died 
in 1906.  They had two children, Stanley C., and one daughter who died in 
infancy.

In 1913 he married Alice S. Garrett and they had one son, George H.

Was Church Elder

As a member of the Ionia Church of Christ, Mr. Greenleaf served as an elder in 
the church for many years.  He was secretary-treasurer of the Ionia-Montcalm 
Beekeepers association for 15 years.

Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Court O. Adams Wednesday 
afternoon at the Ionia Church of Christ at 2 o’clock.  Burial will be in the 
Muir cemetery.  The body will repose at the Shaw-Rivett funeral home in Muir 
until the time of the service.

Survivors are his wife, Alice; two sons, Stanley C. of San Diego, Calif., and 
George H. of Lansing; one brother Alexander S. of Kingston and six 
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.


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