Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Harwood, Helen Elvira (Townsend) August 19, 1987 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com December 17, 2016, 11:44 pm Sentinel-Standard - Thursday, Aug. 20, 1987 IONIA- Helen Elvira Harwood, 84, former Ionia resident, died Aug. 19 at Provincial House West, Lansing. The daughter of Hugh and Lena May Townsend, she was born in Orleans Township April 22, 1903, attended Orleans schools, and was graduated from Ionia High School. She was also a graduate of the Kellogg dieticians school at Battle Creek and was employed at Hurley Hospital, Flint. She was married to Kenneth Harwood March 16, 1935 and lived her entire married life on Ainsworth Road. The Harwood's celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1974. He died in December 1975. Surviving are a son, Frederick Harwood of Marshall; two daughters, Mrs. Douglas (Avis) Wahl of Grand Ledge and Mrs. Frank (Marcia) Porter of Wilsonville, Ore.; 11 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from the Rich Street Chapel of Montgomery Funeral Home at 11 a.m. Saturday, with the Rev. Willis Brown officiating. Burial will be in Balcom Cemetery. the family will be at the funeral home Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8:30 p.m. A memorial for the American Cancer Society has been established in care of the funeral home. Additional Comments: Funeral: Saturday, 22 August, 1987 Balcom cemetery File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/harwood33592nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb