Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Manely, "Dione" Marion (Stockford) (Mrs. Alton) December 29, 1987 ************************************************ 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: Maureen Cross mcross3454@gmail.com March 28, 2023, 2:00 pm Ionia Sentinel Std. - December 30, 1987 DIONE MANLEY LAKE ODESSA -- Dione Manley, 87, of Route No. 1, Tasker Road, Lake Odessa, died Tuesday at the Thornapple Manor in Hastings. She was born on August 16, 1900, in Campell Township, the daughter of Frank and Ella (Badger) Stockford. She graduated from Lake Odessa High School and Western Michigan University. She taught in Ionia County for 23 years and retired in 1963. She married Alton Manley in 1923 in Lake Odessa; he survives. She was a member of the Lake Odessa Congregational Church and the Association of Retired School Personnel. Also surviving her is one son, Virgil Manley, of Lake Odessa, two grandchildren and one great- granddaughter. One brother, Boyd Stockford, preceded her in death in 1950. Funeral services will be held Thursday at Kooops Funeral Home in Lake Odessa, at 1:30 p..m., the Rev. Paul Mergener officiating. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery. A memorial has been established for the First Congregational Church of Lake Odessa, in care of the funeral home. The family will be at the funeral home Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/manely45366nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb