Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kierstead, Mildred (Kink) (Mrs. Glenn Meyers) June 12, 1969 ************************************************ 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: Maureen Cross mcross3454@gmail.com May 13, 2020, 2:48 pm Lake Odessa Wave SERVICES HELD FOR MILDRED KIERSTEAD Mrs. Mildred (Meyers) Kierstead, 85, a local resident for many years passed away Thursday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry (Margaret) Loveless of Charlotte, where she had been about two weeks. She was born in Charlotte, August 28, 1884, the daughter of William and Martha (White) Kink. Before her marriage she was employed at the local post office while her father was a rural carrier and at one time was a substitute rural carrier. She had also served as township treasurer, while a resident here. She married Glenn Meyers in 1913 ad he passed away in May 1940. Many will remember Glenn when he owned and operated the local pool hall. Mrs. Kierstead was a member of the Rebekah lodge for 67 years having joined the local lodge on December 17, 1902 and the Past Noble Grand club, later transferring her membership to Lansing. She was a member of the Mayflower Congregational church in Lansing. She moved to Lansing in 1942 and was a state employee for a number of years. Her marriage to Erwin Kierstead was in 1960 and he passed away in 1962. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs Loveless of Charlotte, Mrs. John (Doris) Campanile of Lansing and Mrs. Edward (Marie) English of Warren; 13 grandchildren; two great grandchildren and three step-grandchildren and two step-great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 1:30 Saturday at the Pickens Funeral Chapel. Rev. Norman Wibert officiated with burial in Lakeside cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/k/kierstea36618nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb