Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Howard, Russell Emerson 1972 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net August 12, 2011, 12:58 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 27 Oct 1972 Services were Thursday at 1 p.m. from the LeValley United Methodist church for Russell E. Howard who died Saturday. The Rev. Donald R. Fry officiated he was assisted by the Rev. Ralph D. Harper, a cousin. Organist was Mrs. Frank Stout. Interment was in Balcom cemetery and bearers were Robert Slater, Jack Reimer, Dail Phillips, Leonard Hanline, Howard Sprague and Melvin Larson. Attending in groups were the county committee, the district director and executives from other counties of ASCS. Coaches and junior varsity football team, Scoutmasters and Troop 85 formed an honor guard and attended the funeral home in a group. Following the grave side services a luncheon was prepared and served by the women of LeValley Methodist church at the Howard home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/howard16127nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb