Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....LeValley, Richard Frederick July 15, 2013
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Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Wed. July 17, 2013

Richard Frederick LeValley, 84 of St. Joseph, passed away Monday, July 15, 2013 
at Caretel Inns in St. Joseph.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 19 at 1st 
Church of God, 2627 Niles Ave., Saint Joseph, with Rev. David Colp officiating. 
Burial will follow at Riverview Cemetery in St. Joseph.

Friends may visit with the family on Thursday, July 18 from 5 to 8 p.m. at 
Starks & Menchinger Family Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 2650 Niles 
Road, Saint Joseph. Memorials may be made to Hospice at Home, Humane Society of 
Southwest Michigan or 1st Church of God.

Those wishing to sign Richard's Memory Book online may do so at 
www.starksmenchinger.com

Richard was born Feb. 19, 1929, in Grand Rapids, Mich., to Fred and Hilda 
(Steinke) LeValley. Richard served in the Korean War from October 1950 until 
October 1952. He was a Sgt. First Class Squad Leader. In 1955, he married 
Constance Smith and she preceded him in death on Feb. 7, 1988. At age 16, he 
went to work for Orson Coe at Coe Auto Sales Ionia, Mich., and was there for 21 
years. In 1966, he was made General Manager for Orson E. Coe Pontiac, GMC in 
Grand Rapids. In 1975 he moved to Benton Harbor and became a partner with Bill 
Klum in Klum Olds Cadillac. 

He bought the business from Bill Klum in 1980 and the dealership was then 
renamed LeValley Oldsmobile Cadillac GMC. He married Jean Lane Mitchell on Dec. 
8, 1996 in Benton Harbor. He was a member of the First Church of God in St. 
Joseph, a lifetime member of the Elks for 53 years, a  member of the Rotary, 
Kiwanis Club in Ionia, Berrien Hills for 28 years, Cascade & Ionia Country Club 
and the Berrien County Sportsman's Club. He was an avid sportsman and fisherman.

Richard is survived by his wife, Jean LeValley; son Dudley (July) LeValley of 
St. Joseph; daughter Linda (John) West of Whitewater, Wis.; three step-
children, Julie Mitchell, Jenna (Jim) Everett and Joseph (Joni) Mitchell of 
Central City, Oregon; two grandchildren, Bradley and Jordan LeValley; seven 
step-grandchildren, Grand and Logan Klug, Ryan, Austin and Land Everett, Jace 
and Joezie Mitchell; sister Shirley Fay of Lansing, Mich.; and three nephews, 
Fred, Steve and Jeff Fay.

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