Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kenter, Stephen LeRoy 1976 ************************************************ 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 mransom311@gmail.com July 24, 2014, 4:25 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, April 7, 1976 Stephen LeRoy Kenter, 87, of 2559 North Jefferson road, died Tuesday evening at his home following an extended illness. Born in Detroit July 2, 1888, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson LeRoy Kenter. December 19, 1913, he was married at Sault Ste. Marie to Hazel Millen and she survives. He came to Ionia when young and moved to Detroit after his marriage. He was employed by the Fisher Body in Detroit and Pontiac 28 years. In 1936 he returned to Ionia to his present address and was a self employed farmer. Besides his wife, Hazel, he leaves three sons, Stephen, Jr., of Orleans, Lawrence at home and Ivan of Redlands, Calif.; six daughters, Mrs. Esther Morrison of Madison Heights, Mrs. Edith Reynolds of Gowan, Mrs. Edna Hatfield of Pontiac, Mrs. Doris Aldrich of Middleton, Mrs. Phyllis Diephis of Byron Center; and Mrs. Myrtle Schmidt of Minneapolis, Minn.; 20 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Florence Piper and Mrs. Clara Wirtz of Ionia. A son and daughter, Robert and Gail preceded him in death. Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Myers-Roetman funeral home. Interment will be at Highland Park cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/k/kenter26180nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb