Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Joppie, Ray E. March 31, 1986 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@concast.net January 10, 2026, 11:54 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard - April 1986 RAY E. JOPPIE SUNFIELD - Ray E.Joppie, 51, of 256 First St.,Sunfield, died Monday at his residence. He was born Nov. 8, 1934, in Sunfield, the son of Dennis & Nina (Holton) Joppie. He was a former employee of Weiser Lock Corp and the former operator o the Lakewood Auto Parts store in Lake Odessa. He served in the U.S. Navy from Sept. 1951 to Dec. 1955. He was a Sunfield village council member and involved in many community projects. He married Cathy McKithan on Oct. 27, 1973, in Houston, Texas. They returned to live in Sunfield in Aug. 1977, Surviving are his wife; one son David, of Grand Rapids; two daughters, Jennifer & Julie, at home, his mother; Nina Joppie of Sunfield; one sister, Renee Jackson of Florida; several nieces & nephews. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Mapes-Fisher Funeral Home. Burial will be at Sunfield Cemetery. Additional Comments: Vietnam Navy Vet. Sunfield Cem. Sunfield,Mich. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/j/joppie49215nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb