Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Guernsey, Elsie C. 1958 ************************************************ 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 June 12, 2012, 2:48 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, February 10, 1958 Mrs. Elsie Guernsey, 78, of 541 North Jefferson street, Ionia, died at a rest home near Trufant Sunday morning. She was born October 4, 1879 in Gratiot county, the daughter of John and Catherine Packer. She was married January 1, 1895 to John L. Guernsey. They moved to Ionia in 1945 from their farm near Fenwick, and lived here until April of 1957 when they became patients at the rest home. Mrs. Guernsey was a member of the Lincoln Avenue Baptist church. Surviving besides her husband John are three daughters, Mrs. Lois Messer of West Covina, Calif., Mrs. Ernest Teall and Mrs. Frank Lance of Ionia; a son, Dennis of Greenville; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren, and a half-sister, Mrs. Jennie Parks of DeWitt. Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Myers funeral home. The Rev. Paul Knaak will officiate. Burial will be in Tuttle cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/g/guernsey18178nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb