Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hesterly, Clara B. (Lepard) June 13, 1982 ************************************************ 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 mcross3454@gmail.com May 6, 2020, 9:50 pm Hastings Reminder CLARA B. HESTERLY LAKE ODESA -- Mrs. Clara B. Hesterly, 89, of Tupper Lake Road, died Sunday, June 13, at Pennock Hospital. She was born January 5, 1893, the daughter of Lafayette and Rachel (Bell) Lepard. She was a graduate of Lake Odessa in 1910 and attended Ionia County Normal. She married R. Chester Hesterly June 20, 1920 in Woodland. He preceded her in death on August 3, 1973. She taught in Ionia County schools for several years. She was a member of the Lakewood United Methodist Church and Ionia County Farm Bureau. Mrs. Hesterly is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Fern) Nielsen, Mrs. Dean (Helen) Bever, Mrs. Ed (Iris) Zook, and Mrs. Berniece Clum, all of Lake Odessa, and Mrs. Max (Beulah) Bradley of Roscommon; three brothers, Sherman Lepard of Caledonia, Ivan Lepard of Hastings, and Olin Lepard of Sturgis; 24 grandchildren, and 42 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 16 at 1:30 p.m. from the Pickens-Koop Funeral Chapel of Lake Odessa with Rev. James Hulett officiating. Burial will be in Lakeside cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/hesterly36415nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb