Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Helmer, Harvey E. 1951 ************************************************ 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 mransom311@gmail.com July 24, 2014, 4:03 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, Friday, June 15, 1951 Harvey E. Helmer, 69, of Detroit, formerly of Ionia, died at Grace hospital last Tuesday after being a medical patient for five days. He had been in poor health for two years. Masonic funeral services were conducted Wednesday, June 13, in Detroit with interment in Acacia Park Masonic cemetery in Oakland county. Attending the services from Ionia were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thomas, Mrs. Anna Collins and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Stowell. He was born in Ionia March 11, 1882, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Helmer. He lived in Ionia until 40 years ago. A contractor and builder, he retired from active business about ten years ago. He was a member of the Detroit branch of the Masons. Surviving are the wife, Rachael; three sons, DeVillo of Los Angeles, Calif.; and Harold and Russell of Detroit; one daughter, Marion Cook of Detroit; nine grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Burr Stowell and Mrs. Harry Thomas of Ionia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/helmer26152nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb