Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hawley, Rexford K. 2007
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Rexford K. Hawley, 70, of Lynn Haven, Florida fought a mighty battle and went 
bravely into the night on April 7, 2007, at his home, surrounded by his 
family.  Rex was born December 29, 1936 in Ionia, Michigan, a son of the late 
Richard and Margaret Kohn Hawley.  Rex attended Ionia High School and Central 
Michigan University. 

As a true patriot, he entered the United States Army upon his college 
graduation in 1959, having proudly given 22 years of dedication to his 
country.  After 2 tours in Viet Nam, he retired as a Lt. Col. In the Airborne 
Infantry. Rex was a resident of Bay County for 25 years.  He taught history 
and geography at Merritt Brown Middle School for 7 years.  He is an active 
member of Lynn Haven United Methodist Church.  He was an avid fisherman and 
was first mate on his son’s charter fishing boat. 

Survivors include his wife (high school sweetheart) of 48 years, Mary Lou 
Starks Hawley; one son, Curtis R. Hawley: grandson, Cole R. Hawley: one 
daughter, Valerie Jenkins & husband Hal;. granddaughters, Jennifer McKeller & 
husband Major Jason, and Christina Hammond; grandsons, Chad Jenkins & Adam 
Jenkins, brother, Richard R. Hawley of Spokane, Wash., sister-in-law, Carol 
Hawley of Ionia, Mich., and many special nieces and nephews.  Mr. Hawley was 
preceded in death by  a brother Willard Hawley & granddaughter Skyler Hawley.  

Funeral services will be held April 11, 2007, at  2:00p.m at Kent-Forest Lawn 
Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Gardens with full 
military honors.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tues., 
April 10, 2007 from 6:00p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.  Memorial 
contributions may be made  to the Covenant Hospice , 107 W. 19th Street, 
Panama City, Florida 32405; or to the American Cancer Society. Kent Forest 
Lawn Funeral Home, 2403 Harrison Ave. Panama City, Fl.  32405.


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