Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Leonard, Cecil D. 1970 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net July 29, 2014, 3:35 pm Ionia Daily Sentinel Standard, 31 Mar 1970 Cecil D. Leonard, 72, of route 1, died at his home Monday afternoon following an illness of six years. Born March 21, 1898 in Coe, he was the son Ezakiel Leonard and Louisa Thomas Leonard. His first wife, Zoe, preceded him in death in 1958 and he was married to Vera Hanline in Ionia, September 6, 1958. He was at one time employed at Ionia State hospital and was retired from Ionia County Road commission as a truck driver in 1964. He was a member of Ionia Free Methodist Church. Besides his wife, Vera, he leaves a son, Ovol Leonard of Fenwick; a daughter, Mrs. Eunice Bartlett of Midland; three-step-children, Leonard Hanline, Mrs. Kenneth Flint of Ionia and Mrs. Clyde Shattuck of Florida; 21 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Everett of St. Louis and Merle of Ithaca. Funeral services will be on Thursday at 2 p.m. at Myers funeral home. Officiating will be Rev. (unreadable) Greve and Rev. Joseph Noom. Interment will be at Highland Park cemetery. Family will be at the funeral home Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. A memorial has been established for Ionia Free Methodist church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/l/leonard26294nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb