Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lepard, Lafayette June 22, 1955 ************************************************ 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: Maureen Cross mcross3454@gmail.com May 17, 2020, 9:12 pm Lake Odessa Wave LAFAYETTE LEPARD DIED WEDNESDAY Lafayette Lepard, 93 retired farmer and lifelong resident of this area passed away Wednesday afternoon at the Dittman Nursing home at Sturgis where he had been a patient for three weeks. He had been ill for several years. He was a member of the evangelical U. B. Church. Mr. Lepard married Rachel Bell May 29, 1890 and she passed away five years ago. They had lived on their farm west of town before moving to their home in the village ten years ago. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Chester Hesterly, Lake Odessa; three sons, Dr. Olln Lepard of Sturgis, Sherman, owner of the Medical Arts Pharmacy, Grand Rapids; and Ivan of Lake Odessa; one brother, Bert Lepard of Lake Odessa; 13 grand children and 21 great grand children. Funeral services were held Monday at 1:30 at the Evangelical United Brethren Church with burial in Lakeside cemetery. Rev. W. D. Hayes officiated. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/l/lepard36780nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb