Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hummel, David L. 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 April 21, 2018, 7:54 am Hastings Reminder, 24 Jan 2015 David L. “Dave” Hummel, age 68, of Nashville, passed away peacefully Monday, Jan. 19, 2015 at his home with his family by his side. Dave was born in Lake Odessa on January 12, 1947, the son of the late Maurice and Betty (Reed) Hummel. He was raised in the Vermontville area and attended local schools, graduating from W.K. Kellogg High School in 1965. He continued his education by attending trade school in Wisconsin where he studied drafting and mechanical design. He was the husband of Sandra (Lewis) Hummel. The couple met in Nashville at “The Teener,” which was a local gathering place for teenagers in town. They were married October 23, 1965. In March 1966, Dave was drafted into the United States Army and served his country in Vietnam. When he returned from active duty the couple made their home together in the Nashville area where they raised their family together. Dave spent the majority of his working career employed as a mechanic/project engineer at E.W. Bliss in Hastings and Enprotech Mechanical in Lansing. He retired after 35+ years in 2012. Dave loved being outside deer hunting, and shooting. In his younger years, he enjoyed riding motorcycles. Along with his wife Sandra, the couple enjoyed “going north” to the casinos, spending time with their friends playing cards, taking in the fall colors, and weekend getaways up north to their cabin on Pogy Lake in Evart. Over the years Dave and Sandra would take a few weeks during the spring and visit family and friends in Florida and occasionally brothers and sisters-in-law; nieces and nephews; and dear friends, Mike (Maureen) Orman. He was preceded in death by his granddaughter, Desirae Hummel and great grandson, Ethan Hoover. Funeral services were held at Grace Community Church, Nashville, on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, with Aaron Smith officiating. In lieu of flowers the family has requested memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society Pancreatic Cancer. David is survived by his beloved wife of 49 years, Sandra; a daughter, heather Hummel; a son, David (Lisa) Hummel, Jr.; a sister, Bonnie (John) Crandle; a brother, Maurice “Chub” Hummel, Jr.; grandchildren Michael and Joshua Sanchez, Bruce, Tabitha (Justin Hoover), Ashley Rasmussen, Terryn (Jon) Scobey; great granddaughters, Aubrey Rasmussen, Jadelyn Hatten, Mollie and Annabelle Hoover; several [paragraph ends here] Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/hummel7702gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb