Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Howorth, Patricia R. (Schafer) 2015 ************************************************ 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 July 20, 2019, 8:07 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 29 Dec 2015 Patricia R. Howorth, age 83 of Ionia, passed away Dec. 28, 2015 in Grand Rapids. She was born March 17, 1932 in Pewamo, Michigan, the daughter of William and Hildegard Schafer. Pat married Roy Howorth in Pewamo, Oct. 22, 1955. She worked at Nelson’s Orchard and Hanulcik Fruit Farm. She also worked at the Fargo station with her husband. Pat was a member of SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church and past member of Woman’s Moose. She loved spending time with her family and friends and always had a smile on her face. Pat is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Roy Howorth of Ionia; children, Michael (Marcia) Howorth of Ionia, William (Kimberly) Howorth of Lowell, Beth (David) Mellinger of Ionia, Gerri Howorth and Deb Mason of Washington, David Howorth of Colorado and Roy (Holly) Howorth of Ionia; brother, Kenneth (Katrinka) Schafer of Lansing; sisters Louise (Francis) Feldpausch of Fowler and Diane (Carroll) Conroy of Florida; 15 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated 11 a.m., Saturday, July 23, 2016 at SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Ionia. A visitation will be held 10 a.m. Saturday until time of services. Arrangements by Lake Funeral Home of Ionia. Memorial contributions may be made to SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/howorth9728gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb