Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kirkham, Berenice June May 17, 2003 ************************************************ 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 May 11, 2010, 7:51 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, date unknown Berenice June Kirkham, 80, of Muir passed away Saturday, May 17, 2003 at Heartland Health Care Center in Ionia. She was born June 1, 1922 in St. Johns the daughter of Arthur D. and Beatrice (Rowe) Munro. Berenice graduated from Rodney B. Wilson High School in 1939 and went on to attend college in Lansing. She married Donald C. Kirkham January 20, 1943 who preceded in death in August of 1999. Berenice was a Michigan Bell Telephone operator for several years. She also worked as a personal administrator for Howell State Hospital. She is survived by daughter Cynthia (Gerald) White of Muir, Sylvia (Kenneth) Ferris of Lyons, Julie (Richard) Longway of Lowell; sisters, Phyllis (Boyd) Wiggins of East Jordan, Carol Cornell of St. Johns, Kay Winslow; 10 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her brother, Bruce, and brother-in-law Keith Cornell. Funeral services are 2 p.m. today at Lake Funeral Home in Muir with Rev. Scott Otis officiating. Interment will be in Edmore Cemetery at 4 p.m. The family will receive friends and relatives Monday at the funeral home. Anyone wishing may make memorial donations to American Lung Association, Heartland Health Care, or Association for the Blind. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/k/kirkham3983nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb