Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Jenks, John A. 2005 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 1, 2010, 3:44 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, November 30, 2005 John A. Jenks, aged 83, of Lake Odessa, formerly of Ionia, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, November 29, 2005. John was born July 12, 1922 in Ionia the son of Milton and Ethel (Smith) Jenks. He married Beverly Benner February 14, 1942 in Ionia. John served in WWII and was a member of the American Legion of Ionia. He retired from Rather School and he worked 35 years for Mitchell Bentley. He is survived by his loving wife of sixty-three years, Beverly of Lake Odessa; daughters Janet and Phillip Welch of Lake Odessa, Shirley and Tom Lewis of Hastings; brother Bill and Lena Jenks of Ionia; eight grandchildren, twenty-one great grandchildren and nine great-great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday 2 p.m. at Lake Funeral Home in Ionia with Rev. Kenneth Harger officiating. Interment Balcom Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives Thursday 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home. You may make a memorial contribution in John’s name to Ionia Hospice. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/j/jenks7474nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb