Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hanks, Ethel R. (Richardson) (Augst) 1970 ************************************************ 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 June 28, 2015, 11:49 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 10 Feb 1970 Mrs. Ethel R. Augst Hanks, 83, former Lake Odessa resident, died at Clarke Memorial home in Grand Rapids Monday afternoon. She had been a resident there since 1966. She was born in Ionia county, October 22, 1886, the daughter of Byron and Flora Keefer Richardson. September 9, 1907 she was married to Leon Augst and lived in Lake Odessa area until he died, February 6, 1942. She then moved to Lansing where she married Arthur Hanks, October 15, 1946 and he died in 1959. A member of First United Methodist church in Lansing she also belonged to its WSCS and Women’s Christian Temperance union. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Gaytha Kime of Gibsonton, Fla., Mrs. Roland Jackson of Lansing; two sons, Leonard Augst of Reed City, Gerald Augst of Lake Odessa; two step-sons, Elroy Hanks of Onondaga and Leo Hanks of Lansing; 17 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Pickens funeral chapel in Lake Odessa. Rev. Stanley Buck of Hastings will officiate and interment will be at Lakeside cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/hanks31085nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb