Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hazzard, "Ben"jamin F. (Mr.) November 26, 1962 ************************************************ 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: Maureen Cross Ionia.mcross3454@gmail.com April 20, 2022, 2:52 pm Lake Odessa Wave - November 29, 1962 BEN HAZZARD PASSES AWAY AT WHEEL OF CAR Benjamin F. Hazzard, 71, retired plumber passes away unexpectedly Monday afternoon in a one car accident on M-66 and Tuttle Road enroute home from Ionia. Dale Kauffman, Ionia county coroner, Sheriff Peter VanVleck and Stat Police investigated the accidental death. Mr. Hazzard, a native of Berlin township, lived on a farm in Orange township for eight years after his marriage to Zella Sexton and had lived in Lake Odessa for about 39 years. He was self employed as he operated his plumbing and heating service business until he retired. Surviving are his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Leighton (Marguerite) Scott of Charlotte, Mrs. LaRue (Betty) McMillian of Jackson and Mrs Cecil (Maxine) Torrey of Lake Odessa; nine grandchildren; one great grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Harriet McDonald, and Mrs. Lois Sherwood of Ionia and a brother Chales of Pharr, Texas. Funeral services were held Thursday (today) at 1:30 at the Pickens Funeral chapel with burial in Lakeside cemetery. Rev. L. V. Runyon officiated. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/hazzard43012nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb