Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ikner, John 1947 ************************************************ 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 19, 2018, 8:56 am Ionia Daily Sentinel Standard, 26 Dec 1947 One of the first Pere Marquette railroad engineers, John Ikner, 91, formerly of Ionia, died at the home of his son, James E. Ikner, of Grand Rapids, Wednesday morning. His son is a C. & O. conductor. A former resident of Ionia, Mr. Ikner moved to Grand Rapids 15 years ago after he retired from the railroad. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Surviving besides the son are two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services are to be conducted Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at the Obrien Colonial home, and at 10:00 a.m. at the St. Andrew’s cathedral. Burial will be in the Ionia Mt. Olivet cemetery at 11:30 a.m. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/i/ikner7735gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb