Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Helmer, Gladya B. 1990 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net June 13, 2013, 6:02 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, November 1, 1990 Gladys B. Helmer, 79, of 3030 Turkey Trail, Ionia, died at Ionia County Memorial Hospital on Oct. 30. She was born in Lyons on Feb. 1, 1911, the daughter of Loren and Maude (Evilsizer) Rhoades. She married Burton Helmer on March 14, 1927, in Ionia; he preceded her in death in 1976. She worked at Ypsilanti-Reed Furniture in Ionia, a tile factory, Ivan Clark Spark Plug, Peschke Packing House, Falsetta Food Center, and the Kroger store. She is survived by two daughters, Bernice Falsetta and Charlotte Gilmore of Ionia; nine grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and one brother, Lawrence Rhoades of Muir. She was preceded in death by her son, Charles Helmer in April. Funeral services will be held at Lake Funeral Home on Friday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Jerry Johnston officiating. Burial will be in Easton Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home on Thursday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Memorials have been established for the Ionia Area Hospice, in care of the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/helmer20788nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb