Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Loper, Hulda A. May 25, 2003 ************************************************ 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 11, 2010, 7:56 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, date unknown Hulda A. Loper, 81, of Belding passed away Sunday, May 25, 2003 at United Memorial Health Center Long Term Care Unit in Greenville. She was born December 27, 1921 in Lake Odessa, the daughter of Chester J. and Alice Gibbs Hansbarger. Hulda graduated from Muir High School. She was a member of the Blue Star Mothers and the First Congregational Church of Belding. She married Marvin R. Loper September 27, 1941 in Owosso and he preceded her in death on March 17, 1997. Hulda was also preceded by her parents, a son Marvin Loper Jr. in 1982, her brother, Franklin “Bud” Hansbarger, and a brother-in-law, Benson Sage. She is survived by her children, Mary and Richard Reeves of Belding, Joseph and Jane Loper of Jamestown, Ohio and Mike and Cheryl Loper of Belding. Hulda is also survived by 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and two sisters and a brother-in-law, Eloise Sage of Muskegon and Barbara and James Thompson of Oregon. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Thursday at the First Congregational Church in Belding with the Rev. Dr. Dick Woodward officiating. Interment will be in River Ridge Cemetery. Visitation is 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding. Memorial contributions may be made to First Congregational Church of Visiting Nurse Hospice. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/l/loper3997nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb