Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Loper, Myrtle S. 1962 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net May 17, 2011, 7:45 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, January 10, 1962 Mrs. Myrtle Loper, 78, died Monday at 3:50 p.m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Marvel Gage in Oscoda. She was born July 25, 1882 in Sidney, Montcalm County, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hancock, and was married in 1897 to Joseph Loper. He died in 1959. Mrs. Loper had lived in Muir 34 years and was a member of First Christian church of Muir. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lulu Lewis of Muir, Mrs. Helen Cottrell of Ionia, and Mrs. Marvel Gage; three sons, Leonard, Charles and Marvin Loper of Belding; 16 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. The body will repose at Shaw-Rivett funeral home until 1 o’clock Thursday when it will be removed to First Christian church of Muir for funeral service at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. Roger Wright will officiate and burial will be at Oakwood cemetery at Muir. Subsequent Publication: Friday, January 12, 1962 Funeral service for Mrs. Myrtle Loper, 78, who died Monday afternoon at Oscoda, was held Thursday afternoon at Muir First Christian church. The Rev. Roger Wright officiated and burial was at Oakwood cemetery at Muir. Bearers were Clifford Halsted, Otis Ries, Omer Postle, Albert Edmonds, Laural McKown and Isadore Zimmer. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/l/loper11925nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb