Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Koster, John 1947 ************************************************ 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 July 18, 2013, 10:54 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, September 2, 1947 John Koster, 77, 115 State street, died at the Ionia County Memorial hospital Monday evening at 10:15 o’clock after a lengthy illness. Mr. Koster had been seriously ill, however only since Sunday, August 24, entering the Ionia hospital Thursday. He was born in Westphalia April 26, 1870 but had lived in Ionia since 1920. For 13 years he was a night watchman for Ionia City. Surviving him are his wife, Eva; three daughters, Mrs. C. J. Funkey and Mrs. Harry Gemuend of Ionia, and Mrs. John Trierweiler of Westphalia; thirteen grandchildren; two great grandchildren and three sisters, Mrs. William Martin of St. Johns, Mrs. William Schneider of Detroit, and Mrs. Charles Motz of Bakersfield, Calif. Rosary will be said Wednesday evening at 8:00 o’clock at his home, where the body will repose. Funeral service will be held Thursday morning at 9:00 o’clock from SS. Peter and Paul church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/k/koster21754nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb