Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gruschinsky, Bernard Frederick 2007
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Bernard Frederick Gruschinsky of Ionia passed away December 30, 2006 at the 
Blodgett Campus of Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, MI.  He was born in 
Breaslau, Germany on December 10, 1917. 

He was preceeded in death by his wife of 52 years Evelyn, and an infant son 
Bernard Frederick Jr.  He is survived by his daughter Shirley Savage of Largo, 
FL; two grandsons James and Vicki Savage of Venice, FL; and Jeffery and 
Heather Savage of Kentwood, MI; 8 great-grandchildren and multiple nieces and 
nephews. 

He served in the US Navy during the Second World War and the Korean Conflict.  
He was an Eagle Scout as a teenager in Port Huron, MI.  He was employed at the 
Michigan State Reformatory in Ionia, MI for 38 years in Plumbing, Heating and 
Air Conditioning.  He was a life member of Belding/Ionia F&AM, Royal Arch 
Masons of Lowell, Grand Valley Consistory, De Molai Commandry of Grand Rapids, 
Saladin Shrine of Grand Rapids, Saladin Legion of Honor, Saladin Unit Council, 
White Shrine of Ionia, Belding Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, and a Past 
Associate Grand Guardian of Job's Daughter's of Michigan, State Employees 
Retirement Association of Ionia and Montcalm Counties, Veterans of Foreign 
Wars Post 4646, American Legion of Belding, Lesky-Dulek Chapter of Disabled 
American Veterans, and Project Liberty Ship.  He served as the Veterans 
Service Officer for Ionia County.  

He loved boating and for many years had a Cabin Cruiser ported in Saugatuck, 
MI. He was a graduate of Montcalm Community College's Culinary Arts Program 
and organized dinners for the Masonic Lodges in Ionia and Saladin Temple in 
Grand Rapids for many years.  He and his wife Evelyn enjoyed traveling the 
world. 

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 
the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 220 Rich St., Ionia with Rev. Paul Bailey 
presiding. The family will receive friends from 3-7 p.m. on Tuesday. In lieu 
of flowers, contributions may be made to the Saladin Temple Crippled 
Children's Foundation.



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