Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Halsted, Leona (Shattuck) 1979 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net December 4, 2009, 7:59 pm Ionia Sentinel, Thursday, May 17, 1979 MUIR - Mrs. Leona Halsted, 79, formerly of Ronald Township, died Wednesday in Santa Paula, Calif., after a short illness. She was born in Ionia August 5, 1899, and attended rural schools. She was married to Walter Halsted in 1922. They lived for many years on their farm in Ronald Township. He died in 1966 and she moved to California a year ago. She is survived by a son, Donald Halsted of New Jersey, and three daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Swainston of Santa Paula, Calif.; Mrs. Joyce Cummings of California, and Mrs. Lois Maxwell of Midland. Two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Randall of California and Mrs. Edna Dunn of Grand Rapids, also survive, as well as 19 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Two sons and one daughter, as well as her husband, predeceased Mrs. Halsted. Services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the North Plains Community church, the Rev. Norman Mincemoyer officiating. Burial will be in Lyons Cemetery. Mrs. Halsted will repose at Hull Memorial Chapel until 9 a.m. Saturday. [Transcriber's Note: There is a notation on the obituary card that her parents were Orrin E. and Emma Charlotte (Stevens) Shattuck.] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/halsted1613nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb