Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Groom, Iris 2007 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 31, 2010, 6:47 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, November 5, 2007 Iris Groom, 78, of Ionia, died unexpectedly Friday, November 2, 2007 at her home. Iris was born in Ionia on September 17, 1929 the daughter of Walter and Ila Howay Wiles. Iris graduated from Ionia High School with the class of 1947 and was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post #5065 of Sheridan and Shiloh Community Church. Iris was married on August 21, 1948 in Ionia to Bird Groom and he preceded her on January 30, 2005. She was also preceded by her parents, one sister, Wilma Wiles and one brother, Maynard Wiles. Iris is survived by her sons, Bruce Groom of Edmore, Bill (Ellie) Groom of Belding and Dan (Mary) Groom of Fenwick. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Gary (Charity) Groom, Jeff (Kelly) Groom, Sara (Dave) VanAllsburg, Nick (Andrea) Groom, Robert (Shayla) Groom; her great- grandchildren, Gabrielle, Micah, Seth, Ethan, Erin, Brayden, Aiden, Camden and Abby and one sister, Betty McNally of Ionia. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Shiloh Community Church with Pastor Ken Harger officiating. Private interment will follow in Ft. Custer National Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Shiloh Community Church. Memorial contributions may be given to the Michigan Special Olympics. Care and service were entrusted to Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/g/groom9281nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb