Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lepard, Ivan Lavern April 22, 1985 ************************************************ 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, 9:22 pm Sentinel-STD IVAN LAVERN LEPARD LAKE ODESSA -- Ivan Lavern Lepard, 87, formerly of Lake Odessa, died Monday in the Barry County Medical Facility where he had been a patient for several years. He was born Aug. 14, 1897, in Lake Odessa, the son of Lafayette and Rachel Bell Lepard. He graduated from Lake Odessa High School in 1918 and attended Michigan State University and farmed most of his life in the Lake Odessa area. He is survived by two brothers, Sherman Lepard of Caledonia and Dr. Olin Shepard of Sturgis, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Ethel Green and Clara Hesterly. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Koops Funeral Chapel, Lake Odessa, with the Rev. James Hulett officiating. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/l/lepard36781nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb