Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Martin, Earl Joseph 1967 ************************************************ 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 mransom311@gmail.com August 10, 2014, 3:05 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, February 22, 1967 Earl Martin, 72, of 638 Bagley street, died Wednesday morning in Ionia County Memorial hospital. Mr. Martin was born December 24, 1894, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Martin, and lived his entire life in this area. He was married to Edith Carlson Martin who preceded him in death December 18, 1938. June 27, 1942 he married Catherine Deshone. He worked for C & O Railroad 32 years and did his military service with the National Guard. Surviving beside his wife Catherine are two daughters, Mrs. Arnold Ralston and Mrs. Charles Hyland of Ionia; two sons Raymond of Ionia and Larry of Benton Harbor; three step-daughters Mrs. Grand Browning and Mrs. Norman Brawley of Saginaw and Mrs. Joey Jackson of Clarksville; one sister, Mrs. Neita Killion of Ionia; 21 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Stone-Kauffman funeral home with Rev. James Kendall officiating. Committal services will be at the funeral home with temporary interment in Highland Park mausoleum. Family will receive relatives and friends Thursday and Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/martin26454nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb