Ionia-Kent County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kidder, Margaret E. July 1, 1965 ************************************************ 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 mlnransom@chartermi.net June 8, 2010, 6:13 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, July 7, 1965 Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret E. Kidder, 44, of Cedar Springs, were Monday at 1:30 at Cedar Springs Methodist church with Rev. Carlos Page, district superintendent, officiating. Mrs. Kidder was born March 7, 1921 and passed away July 1, at a Grand Rapids hospital following a long illness. Organist was Connie Connor and bearers were Andy Johnson, Ted Denton, Russell Farwell, Robert Connor, Kenneth Blanding and J. H. Teusink. Interment was in Elmwood cemetery, Cedar Springs. Rev. and Mrs. Kidder, Clare, Wilma and Carol came to Lyons in 1958 and Rev. Kidder served the Lyons and Pewamo Methodist churches as pastor for three years. Methodist conference then sent him to Grand Rapids and later to serve as pastor of the Methodist church at Cedar Springs. Wilma is now Mrs. George Brown of Grand Rapids and they have a daughter. Carol is at home and Clare is stationed with the United States air force at Kincheloe AFB at Sault Ste. Marie. Mrs. Kidder is also survived by her mother, Mrs. William Bailey of Maple Rapids. Those from Lyons who attended the funeral services were Dr. and Mrs. A. C. German, Mr. and Mrs. Owen W. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dub, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Webster, Mrs. John Currigan, Mrs. Samuel Riker and Ruth Eckley. Those from Muir were Mr. and Mrs. Donald Burger, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Halsted and daughter, Ruth, and son, Richard. Surviving are her husband; a son, Airman Clare Kidder of Kincheloe AFB, Sault Ste. Marie; two daughters, Mrs. George Brown of Grand Rapids and Carol at home; her mother, Mrs. William Bailey of Maple Rapids; two brothers, a sister and a granddaughter. Burial will be at Elmwood cemetery. The body is at Walsh-Bliss funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/k/kidder5309nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb