Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Longwell, Earl L. 1973 ************************************************ 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 June 4, 2014, 5:02 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 9 Oct 1973 Earl L. Longwell, 80 of 469 King died Monday at noon at Michigan Veterans facility hospital at Grand Rapids. He had been a patient there the past 22 months. Born in Montcalm county, August 19, 1893, he was the son of Roy and Emma Decker Longwell and lived his early life on the family farm in Montcalm County. December 17, 1930 he was married to Hazel Wise at the IH mission in Ionia and they made their home here since. He was employed at Ionia state hospital a short time and had worked at Stevenson’s department store 20 years. Until retirement in 1959 he worked at Ionia Manufacturing company. He was a member of First Christian church and the Girard-Horrocks post of American Legion. Surviving are his wife, Hazel; daughter, Mrs. Helen Martin of route 2, Belding and eight grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. William Brabb of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Ernest Green of Adrian, Mrs. Charles Davis of Hastings and Mrs. Ruth Gainor of Lavonia. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Leddick funeral home. Rev. Roger Gifford of First Christian church will officiate and interment will be at Easton cemetery. Family will be at the funeral home Tuesday and Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/l/longwell25301nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb