Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Mary Ellen (Hoekstra) October 5, 2017 ************************************************ 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: Pat Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net July 14, 2020, 11:49 am Grand Rapids Press-Sun. October 8, 2017 Excerpt from Obituary; MARY ELLEN JOHNSON of Wyoming, MI. Died Thursday October 5, 2017-age 86. Born January 1, 1931 in Grand Rapids to Ben & Dorcas Hoekstra. She Moved to Clarksville with parents at age 10, Her mother died the next year. She was raised by her grandmother & her father. Her father, Ben remarried when she was 16 to Josephine Potter & they moved back to Grand Rapids. Mary Ellen married Bernard Johnson in 1953 & they lived in Wyoming. They were parents of three children, seven grandchildren, one great-grandchild and one on the way. Private services to be held later. Memorial contributions may be made to Paws with a Cause or the Arthritis Foundation of Michigan. Arrangements by Stroo Funeral Home, Grand Rapids, at wwwstroofuneralhome.com File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/j/johnson37709nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb