Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lankton, Lyle Jay March 15, 1993
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Lakewood News - March 1993

LYLE JAY LANKTON

LAKE ODESSA-Lyle Jay Lankton, 85 of 610 First Street, Lake Odessa, passed away 
Monday, March 15, 1993 at the Tendercare South Nursing Home in Lansing.

Mr.Lankton was born on November 3, 1907 in Grand Ledge, the son of Charles & 
Rosa Bell (Vickery) Lankton. He graduated from Lansing, High School in 1925.

He was married to Ada Simon who preceded him in death in 1948, he married 
Dorothy Barnum Rohlman on September 5, 1953 in Lansing, She survives.

He was employed at Oldsmobile in Lansing as a painter for 40 years, retiring in 
1969.

He was a member of the St. Edwards Catholic Church of Lake Odessa.

Surviving are his wife, Dorothy, one daughter, Claudine Hanner of Williamsport, 
Pennsylvania; one son, David Lankton of Sunfield; four step-sons; Ronald Rohlman 
of Southfield, Richard Rohlman of Pewamo, James Rohlman of Muskegon,& John 
Rohlman of Lake Odessa; two sisters, Carol Dudley of Lansing, Pauline Shoemaker 
of Lansing; one brother, Forrest Lankton of Lakeland, Florida; 19 grandchildren, 
five great-grandchildren.

Funeral Mass was celebrated Thursday, March 18 at the St.Edwards Catholic 
church, Lake Odessa with Father Robert Gillespie officiating. Burial was at 
St.Joseph Cemetery, Lansing, MI.The rosary was recited Wednesday at the Koops 
Funeral Chapel, Lake Odessa.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Ionia County Commission on Aging.

In Loving Memory of LYLE JAY LANKTON
Born November 3, 1907
Passed away: March 15, 1993
O Divine Master, grant that I may not
So much seek to be consoled, as to console,
To be understood, at to understand;
TO be loved, as to love;
For it is giving that we receive
It is pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Koops Funeral Chapels.Lake Odessa, Michigan

Additional Comments:
St.Joseph Cem.,
Lansing,Mich.

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