Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Koutz, Leonard G. (Rev.) November 14, 1981
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Lake Odessa Wave - November 18, 1981
REV. LEONARD G. KOUTZ
   HASTINGS - The Rev. Leonard G. Koutz, 55, of Hastings, formerly of Lake Odessa,
died Nov. 14 at Provincial 
House in Hastings following a lengthy illness.
   He was born in Lake Odessa on Nov. 29, 1925, the son of Lloyd and Mina (VanCamp)
Koutz.
   He attended Lake Odessa schools, graduating in 1943.
   He married the former Eveline Potter on Dec. 5, 1947.  They lived in Lansing
before moving to Owosso 
where he attended the Owosso Bible College and seminary being ordained in 1957.
   He pastored churches in Charlotte, Fulton, Nashville, and Waukegon, Ill., he came
to Hastings in 1964 from 
Nashville and worked as a self-employed building contractor and supply minister for
area churches.
   He retired in 1975 because of failing health.
   He was a member and former deacon of the First Baptist Church and was a leader in
the Awana Club.
   He is survived by his wife, Eveline; one daughter, Mrs. James (Cheryl) House, Jr.
of Grand Rapids; three 
sons, Michael of Kalamazoo, Ronald of Garden Grove, Cal. and Timothy of Denver,
Colo., and two grandsons.
   His father and step mother, Lloyd and Anne Koutz of Peoria, Ariz.' and a sister,
Mrs. Norwood (Pauline) 
Knowles of Burbank, Cal.
   He was preceded in death by his mother, Mina Koutz, in 1957 and one brother,
Donald, in 1976.
   Arrangements are by Leonard-Osgood and Wren Funeral Home of Hastings.

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