Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Howorth, John 1976 ************************************************ 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 May 2, 2014, 6:04 pm Ionia Daily Sentinel Standard, 18 Mar 1976 Services for John (Joe) Howorth, 67, will be conducted Saturday at 2 pm at the Roetman Funeral Home, Saranac. Rev. James Frank will officiate and interment will be at the Woodard Lake cemetery. Mr. Howorth, who lived at 64 Vosper, Saranac, died Wednesday morning at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids following a brief illness. Born in Montcalm county September 5, 1908, he was the son of Vern and Alice Hall Howorth. November 9, 1927, he was married in Ionia to Beatrice Stoddard and lived in the Saranac area since 1958. He was an electrician most of his life and was employed as such for nine years at Amway Corporation, Ada. Surviving besides the wife, Beatrice, are two sons, Roy G. Howorth of Ionia, and Charles Howorth of Orleans; daughter, Mrs. Barbara Schafer of Pewamo; and 12 grandchildren. Members of the family will be at the funeral home Thursday and Friday from 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/howorth24607nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb