Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Howard, Bettie J. (Bennett) 1974 ************************************************ 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 January 24, 2010, 12:51 pm Ionia Sentinel, 11 Mar 1974 Mrs. Bettie J. Howard, 49, of 715 North Monroe, Lowell, a former resident of Ionia, died suddenly Sunday evening at St. Mary’s hospital in Grand Rapids. She has recently been in ill health. Born March 26, 1924, in North Plains township she was the daughter of Albert D. and Minnie M. Urie Bennett. She was employed at Superior Furniture company of Lowell. January 29, 1947, she was married in Ionia to Robert Howard who survives. She had lived in Ionia and Florida before moving to Lowell where she lived eight years. She was secretary for one of Ionia’s Friday night bowling leagues. Besides the husband, Robert, she leaves her mother, Mrs. Minnie Neilsen of Ionia; three brothers, James Bennett of Lyons, Fred Bennett of Battle Creek and Mrs. Otis Bennett of Ionia; sisters, Mrs. Hubert Whorley, Mrs. Arthur Mathews and Mrs. Perry Helmes of Ionia, Mrs. Donald Melchert of Muir and Mrs. Roy Hart of Battle Creek. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at Myers-Roetman funeral home. Interment will be at Balcom cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/howard2667nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb