Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Guernsey, Robert Alvin (Jr.) March 30, 2000
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Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Saturday, April 1, 2000

Mr. Robert Alvin Guernsey, 72, loving son, brother, father, grandfather and 
great grandfather, passed away Thursday, March 20, at the University of 
Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor.

Bob was born Oct. 23, 1927 in Ionia to Robert A. Sr. and Annie Laurie (Lehman) 
Guernsey. 

He was married in 1946 to Phyllis Hulbert and in 1964 to Nancy Riker.

He attended Ionia High School and Ferris State College and served in the Army 
Air Corps. His major interests were his family, music, automobile and 
airplanes. 

Bob displayed his lifelong love of music with piano and song, being a member of 
a barbershop quartette, the "Staffmasters", SPEBSQSA, and the community choir. 
He was also a radio announcer at WION with the program "Music Worth 
Remembering".

His other employment centered around autos and airplanes, including Orson Coe, 
George Coe Buick, Vito Buick, Ivan Clark/Chrysler, Larke Buick, his own body 
shop (Rub & Shine Shop) and Maule Aircraft in Napoleon and Moultrie, Georgia. 
He also operated his own upholstery business.

Bob attended Shiloh Community Church.

Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Annie Guernsey; two sons, Scott Guernsey of 
Portland and Rod Rutledge of Kentucky; five daughters, Kathy Cleary of Grand 
Ledge, Julie Laughlin of Lansing, Denise Harrington of Crystal, Laura (Kirk) 
Steward and Hanna Guernsey, both of Ionia; 15 grandchildren; two great 
grandchildren; a sister, Joyce Holland; 16 nieces and nephews and their 
children; one sister-in-law, Phyllis MacPherson and his special friend, Marie 
L. Haling.

He was preceded in death by his father, Robert A. Sr.; his wife, Nancy F. 
(Riker) Guernsey; sister and brother-in-law, Wayne and Nadine Shetterly; 
brother-in-law, Monroe MacPherson; one son, Steve Rutledge; two grandchildren, 
Jennifer Guernsey and Stephen Brown and one son-in-law, Bert Patterson.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 4, 2000, at Shiloh 
Community Church with the Rev. Kenneth Harger officiating. Interment in 
Highland Park Cemetery.

Visiting hours will be from 7 until 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Rich St. Chapel of 
Cook Funeral Home in Ionia.

Additional Comments:
Services: 4 April 2000
Highland Park cemetery Sec. C

WWII
died 30 March 2000 by S.S. record, marker & calendar


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