Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Howard, Ltdia Caroine (Hoppough) May 25, 1964 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@concast.net April 19, 2026, 5:57 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard - May 1964 MRS. LYDIA C. HOWARD Mrs. Lydia Caroline Howard, 78, wife of Gardner Howard of Ronald Township, died Monday morning after a year's illness. She was born in Otisco township, Ionia County, October 17, 1885, daughter of Clark and Mina Hoppough, and was married to Gardner Howard June 10, 1906. Mrs. Howard had been a resident of Ionia & Montcalm counties all her life. She was a member of First Methodist church, Stevens Thomson Mason Chapter of Daughters of American Revolution, Ronald willing Workers & Pleasant Hill Literary clubs. Surviving besides her husband, Gardner, are two daughters, Mrs. Murray Young of Lansing & Mrs. George Trautman of East Detroit; and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Myers funeral home with the Rev. Harold A.Jayne of First Methodist church officiating. Interment will be at Orleans Cemetery. A Memorial fund for First Methodist Church & Heart Fund has been established. Additional Comments: Hurd Cem.#222, Orleans Twp., Ionia Co.,MI File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/howard49326nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb