Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kiefer, Orville 1990 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net July 2, 2011, 10:10 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 31 Mar 1990 Orville Kiefer, 84, of 3274 Welch Road, Ionia, died Thursday at Ionia County Memorial Hospital. Born June 10, 1905, in Westnuilly, Ohio, he was the son of Eli and Alice Ceasar Kiefer. He was married to Sadie Austin in December 1923, in North Shade Township, Gratiot County. They moved to their Welch Road farm home in 1938. She died in March 1988. He was a gravel hauler and farmer. Surviving are a daughter, Arlene Challender of Portland; six grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild; and a sister, Mrs. Olin (Hernie) Smith of Perrinton. A daughter, two brothers and a sister preceded him in death. Funeral services will be Monday at 11 a.m. from Hull Memorial Chapel, with the Rev. Kirk Starkweather of Ionia Church of the Nazarene officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family will be at the funeral chapel Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/k/kiefer14150nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb