Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lewis, Michael Joseph 2009
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, April, 2009

Michael Joseph Lewis, of Ionia, age 66, received his eagles wings on Saturday 
April 25, 2009. He was the son of Charles and Genevieve (Kennedy) Lewis and 
both preceded him in death. 

Michael was a 1960 graduate of Catholic Central High School in Grand Rapids 
and received a Culinary Arts degree from Northwood Institute in West Baden, 
IN. He received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy serving from 1960-
1964. He was a member of St. James Catholic Church in Grand Rapids and a 
member of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Ionia. 

He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Gayle (Vidro) Lewis; his son, Myron 
(Lisa) Lewis of Bloomington, IN; his daughters, Maria (Tim) Blackmer of Ionia, 
Janine (Mark) Taylor of Milford, KS and Highland Park, NY and Yolanda 
(Gregory) Hardison of Webster Groves, MO; grandchildren Nicholas, Rachael and 
Hunter Blackmer, Hanna and Sydney Lewis, Grace and Wickham Hardison; brothers, 
Charles (Carla) Lewis, Kenneth (Pat) Lewis and Patrick (Karen) Lewis; sisters, 
Rosalie "Pink" (Ron) Wesorick, Dorothy "Dot" (Juris) Didrichsons, and Anne 
(Jake) Spruit; many nieces and nephews. 

The Memorial Mass will be celebrated by Rev. Melvin Fox at 11:00 a.m., 
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ionia. The 
family will receive friends 5-7 p.m., Monday, April 27, 2009 at the Schrauben-
Lehman Funeral Home, 220 Rich St., Ionia. The rosary will be prayed at 7:00 
p.m. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Ss Peter and 
Paul Church or to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital P.O. Box 50 Memphis, 
TN. 38101-9929 in memory of Michael.


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