Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Higbee, J. H. August 18, 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 May 13, 2010, 8:32 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, date unknown J. H. Higbee, 90, of Ionia died August 18 at Ionia County Memorial Hospital. Born July 15, 1900, in Orleans Township, he was the son of Fred and Hattie Selleck Higbee. He attended Ionia High School and worked for 42 years for the Ionia Post Office, as a clerk, assistant postmaster, and rural mail carrier, before retiring in 1965. He was married to the former Mildred North in 1921; she died in 1972. He was married to Ruth Bailey in 1972; she survives. He was a member of First Christian Church of Ionia, and was a past president of Ionia County Fishing and Hunting Club, a past president of Ionia area Boy Scouts, and was the owner of Higbee’s Evergreen Nursery. Surviving in addition to his wife are a daughter, Mrs. Earl (Joan) Nelson of Ionia; three stepsons, Donald Bailey of Greenville… (The remainder of the obituary is missing.) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/higbee4155nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb