Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Marie Lou (Bissell) (Townsend) 1994 ************************************************ 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 August 4, 2011, 11:42 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 23 Jun 1994 Marie Lou Johnson, 91, died Monday, June 20, 1994, at the Ionia manor. She was born March 1, 1903, in Pewamo, the daughter of Elmer D. and Lola M. (Sherman) Bissell. She was married to Fay Townsend on April 26, 1923. He preceded her in death on April 10, 1936. She then married Charles F. Johnson on May 31, 1946. He preceded her in death on Sept. 27, 1979. She is survived by one daughter, Betty M. (Raymond) Dyer of Lyons; one son, Alvin F. Townsend of Michigan; four step-daughters, Mary (Winn) Hackett of Onsted, Mich., Joanne (Lester) Garland of Belding; Marjorie Stine of Dundee, N.Y. and Catherine (Bruce) Higbee of Ionia; three step-sons, Leslie (Caroline) Johnson of Greenville, Kenneth (Donna) Johnson of Orleans and Paul (Kathy) Johnson of Ovid; seven grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; six great great grandchildren; 28 step-grandchildren; and several step great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Robert Townsend in 1994; one step-daughter, Barbara Griffiths in 1981; one grandson, in 1956 and two sisters, Alma Townsend and Olive Hunter. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. on Friday at the Cook Funeral Home. The Rev. Kenneth Harger will officiate. Interment will be in Lyons Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made to the Arthritis Foundation. Envelopes are available at Cook Funeral Home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/j/johnson15614nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb