Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Heaven, Clysta (Sparks) (Watkins) 1977 ************************************************ 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 December 17, 2009, 7:32 pm Ionia Daily Sentinel, 14 Mar 1977 Mrs. Clysta Heaven, 94, of Clarksville, died Friday evening at Ionia Manor where she had lived since March 10, 1969. Born in Plainfield August 6, 1882, Mrs. Heaven was the daughter of Thomas and Lucinda Knickerbacher Sparks. She attended the Pleasant Valley school and was married to Joseph Watkins in Omaha, Neb., in 1903. She moved to Ann Arbor in 1942 and was married to Charles S. Heaven in Milan on November 2, 1944. Mrs. Heaven was employed as a seamstress in Omaha and also at University hospital in Ann Arbor. They moved to Clarksville in 1945 and made their home on a farm. Mrs. Heaven is survived by one son, Walwyan Watkins, of Billings, Mont., one step-son, Richard Heaven, of Ypsilanti, three grandchildren, several great grandchildren, four step-grandchildren and seven step-great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 3:30 p.m. Monday from the Pickens-Koop funeral chapel, Clarksville, Rev. Elwood Norton of Clarksville Bible church officiating. Interment was in Clarksville cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/heaven1726nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb