Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hammond, Bernice E. 2009 ************************************************ 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 July 5, 2013, 1:59 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, September 22, 2009 Bernice E. Hammond, of Ionia, age 89, loving mother and grandmother, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009. She was born on May 24, 1920 in Bushnell township, the daughter of Fred and Roxie (Park) Edwards. Mrs. Hammond graduated from Sheridan High School and worked for Ypsilanti-Reed for 19 years. She then went on to retire from the State of Michigan Department of Transportation in 1987. She married Kenneth Hammond on June 25, 1937 in Palo, and he preceded her in death in 2005. Also preceding her in death were a granddaughter, Melissa Sue Dingee, 2 sisters and 2 brothers. Surviving are her daughters, Patrecia (Robert) Bradford of Lakeland, Fla., Connie Chick of Ionia, Cathy (Tom) Lowell of Wacousta, Mich. and Christine (Jeff) Dingee of Grand Ledge; 1 son, Bob Hammond of Ionia; 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. Kenneth Harger at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009 at the Lyons-Muir Church, 1074 Olmstead Rd., Muir with interment following at Woodard Lake Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Homes, Ionia from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Monday. For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice House of Mid Michigan in memory of Mrs. Bernice E. Hammond. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/hammond21360nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb