Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Holyfield, Winona (Baldwin) 2010
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 16 Apr 2010

On Wednesday morning, April 14, 2010, Winona “Winnie” Holyfield, 82, of Belding,
went to her heavenly home to be with her Lord and Savior at Metron of Belding
where she had lived for the past three years.  Winnie was born on March 25,
1928, in Sparta, daughter of Clayton and Verol Chapman Baldwin.  The family
moved to Sheridan when Winnie was two years old.

Growing up in Sheridan, Winnie attended Sheridan Bible Chapel, where she taught
Sunday school and played the piano.  She graduated from Sheridan High School and
later from Nursing School at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids.  As a nurse,
Winnie worked at many hospitals before becoming a nurse in the United States
Navy.  There she met and married the son of an Alabama farmer, Roblee Holyfield.

After the Navy, Winnie continued her nursing career by caring for others at the
Belding Hospital as Director of Nursing.  Later, she was a nurse at the Belding
Christian Nursing Home, now Metron of Belding, and also had her own home-based
day care for children.  Through her love and care for others as a nurse and day
care provider, Winnie touched the hearts and minds of hundreds of people telling
them of the love that Jesus had for everyone and letting them know of the saving
knowledge of Jesus Christ.

Winnie attended Belding Bible Church for many years.  She enjoyed family time,
board games, spending time at the cottage and watching her grandchildren’s
sporting events at Belding High School.  She will be greatly missed by her
family and many friends who all draw comfort by knowing that Winnie is now free
of her earthly struggles and enjoys the rich reward of heaven as promised by
Jesus to all who believe.

She is loved and survived by her husband of 50 years, Roblee of Belding; and
their children, Jim and Betty Holyfield of Belding, Roblee Jr. and Sally
Holyfield of Greenville, Laurie Heaton of Lowell, John and Sue Holyfield, Tom
and Sonya Holyfield and Barbara and Ted Albert, all of Belding.  Winnie is also
survived by 18 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, with one more on the
way, three sisters, Dorothy Fisher of Columbus, Ohio, Laurie Kennard of Vassar
and Carol Carr of Flagstaff, Ariz.  She was preceded by her parents and three
brothers Robert Adams, Emerson Adams and Myron Baldwin.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Belding Bible Church with Pastor
Ken Martin officiating.  Interment will follow in River Ridge Cemetery, Belding.
 Military honors will be provided by the honor guard of the Belding VFW Post No.
4406.  Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at
Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding.  Memorials may be given to the
Alzheimer’s Association, Metron of Belding Activities Fund or the National
Autism Foundation.


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