Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kreis, Herman November 27, 1958 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net May 16, 2023, 8:52 am Ionia Sentinel Standard-Sat.November 29, 1958 HERMAN KREIS Herman Kreis, 65, of Traverse City, formerly of Ionia, died Thursday evening at Munson Hospital, following an illness of four months. Mr. Kreis was born November 9, 1893 in Tubingen, Germany, and came to this country in 1913. He lived in New York City until 1940 and moved to Ionia in 1942. He has made his home in Traverse City the past two months. In 1915 he was united in marriage to Lydia Sprague of Greenville, she preceded him in death in 1953. Mr.Kreis was a member, and past master, of Ionia Masonic Lodge 36, and a number of other Masonic Orders, including the Saladin Temple of Grand Rapids. He was a member of BPOE Lodge and St.Johns Episcopal Church of Ionia. Surviving are a daughter,Mrs.Robert F.Mitchell of Traverse City with whom Mr.Kreis had made his home the past two months; a son, Lt.Commander Herman W.Kreis of Key West, Fla; two brothers and three sisters, all of Tubingen, Germany; and seven grandchildren. Service will be held at Hibbard Funeral Chapel at Traverse City at 10 a.m. Monday. The Rev. Francis Foley of Grace Episcopal Church will officiate. Graveside services will be at Forest Home Cemetery at Greenville, under the direction of Ionia Masonic Lodge, at 3:30 p.m., Monday. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/k/kreis45664nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb