Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Jonas, Alfred April 4, 1943
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The Ionia County News, Thursday, April 8, 1943
Alfred Jonas of Belding died at 3:15 Sunday morning, April 4, in the Rich 
Convalescent Home, Lafayette street, as the result of a stroke suffered some 
time ago.  He was 77 years old. 

Mr. Jonas was a carpenter in his youth.  For some years he operated a meat 
market in Belding in partnership with Sylvester Dean, but retired several 
years ago.  He is survived by a daughter, Agnes K. Jonas of San Francisco, 
California, and one sister, Mrs. Amelia Donner, Ionia.

Funeral was held from St. Joseph Catholic church, Belding, at 9:00 Wednesday 
morning, April 7.  Rev. R. J. Kelly sang the Requiem Mass and burial was in 
Belding Catholic cemetery.

Another Publication:  The Belding Banner, Thursday, April 8, 1943

Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock at St. Joseph’s 
Catholic church in this city for Alfred J. Jonas, aged 77 years, and a life 
long resident of this community, whose death took place at Ionia, in a 
convalescent home, where he had been cared for for two weeks past, on Sunday 
morning.  Death came as a result of a stroke of paralysis and followed a long 
period of ill health.

Mr. Jonas was born in Easton township and as a young man came to this city 
where he established the family home at 816 S. Bridge street, a short time 
after his marriage to Miss Anna Dehn, of Portland.  For a time he was employed 
as a carpenter and later on as a cabinet maker in the refrigerator factories 
of this city.

Leaving the factory he operated a saloon in the building now occupied by the 
Dehn Sons tavern, for a number of years and when prohibition put an end to 
that business he took up carpenter work again.

When St. Joseph’s Catholic church was built in this city, he was employed by 
the contractor firm in the capacity of superintendent and he had charge of all 
details of the construction of the building, a matter which to his last days 
he took great pride in.  After the construction of the church here, he went 
with the contractor firm which had the local job, to many other cities in this 
state where they had contracts and held the position as construction 
superintendent for a long time.  For a number of years he had been residing in 
the home on S. Bridge street.

Mrs. Jonas passed away in California several years ago and survivors are a 
daughter, Miss Agnes K. Jonas, of San Francisco, who was unable to attend the 
funeral rites; a sister, Mrs. Amelia Donner, of Ionia and a number of nephews 
and nieces.  The death of a son, Matt Jonas, in World War No. 1, was a severe 
and heavy blow to Mr. Jonas and brought him a sorrow which time, the great 
healer, never really removed.

Mr. Jonas was a life long and devout member of the Catholic church, a member 
of the Holy Name society of St. Joseph’s and also held life membership in the 
Ionia Elks lodge.  Members of the local Holy Name society assembled at the 
home Tuesday evening to recite the rosary and many of them attended the 
funeral rites at the church Wednesday morning, at which Rev. Fr. Ralph Kelly, 
pastor of the local church, officiated, with Rev. Fr. Lawrence L. Dorr, of 
Wayne, a former pastor here, preaching the funeral sermon.  Pallbearers—all 
member of the Holy Name society—were Frank and Hubert Engemann, Arnold 
Schmidt, George Martin, William Drier and Albert J. Breimayer.

Burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery by the side of his son, Matt, who died 
during the first world war.


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