Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lemke, Herman Carl 1975
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 21 Jul 1975

Herman C. Lemke, 95, of 225 West Lincoln, died early Sunday morning at the Ionia
Memorial hospital where he had been a patient four weeks.  Born in Germany,
August 14, 1879, he was the son of Charles and Mary Zander Lemke and came to the
United States as a child.  He had made his home in the Ionia area since.

He was employed at the VanderHayden Brick yard, after which he farmed many
years.  After retiring from farming he worked four years for the Marshall Wright
Lumber company.  In August of 1900 he was married in Ionia to the former Hattie
Voight, who died November 8, 1968.  He was a member of the Zion United Methodist
church.

Among his survivors are three sons, Fred of Bangor, Delbert of Ionia, and Harold
of Grand Rapids; 12 grandchildren; brother, Richard of South Haven; and sister,
Mrs. Kathalena Parker of Columbus, Ohio.  A daughter, Mrs. Myrtle vanNornrum,
died July 30, 1972.

Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Zion United Methodist church.
 Rev. Nolan Williams will officiate and interment will be at the Highland Park
cemetery.  A memorial has been established for the Zion United Methodist church.
 The family members will be at the Leddick funeral home Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.


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