Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Marvin, Clarence E. 1972 ************************************************ 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 January 17, 2011, 11:20 pm Ionia Sentinel, 3 Feb 1972 A long time director of the former Edwin Nash State bank of Clarksville, and a former Lake Odessa businessman, Clarence E. Marvin, died at the age of 86 in Pennock hospital in Hastings Wednesday, shortly after being admitted. Born October 3, 1885, in Newaygo county, a son of George and Carrie Hall Marvin, he moved to Clarksville with his parents when he was one year of age. His father was in the hardware and furniture business and he grew up with the business and continued operations until it was moved to Lake Odessa in 1941 which he closed upon retirement in 1964. He moved to Hastings in 1971. He was a graduate of M.C. Glocklyn business college in Grand Rapids and a mortuary college in Chicago. Active in community affairs, he was a long time member of Michigan Retailer’s association, life member of the Masonic lodge, and Order of Eastern Star of which he was a past worthy patron. Survivors include his wife, the former Mamia McConnell of Middleville, whom he married June 26, 1916; three daughters, Mrs. Cecil Hunter of Russell, Ky; Mrs. Joseph Ashley of Atlanta, Ga; Mrs. Jack Osgood of Hastings; six grandchildren and one brother, Charles Marvin of Clarksville. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. February 5 from Leonard-Osgood funeral home in Hastings the Rev. Gary Lyons of the Congregational church officiating, of which Mr. Marvin was a member. Graveside services at Lakeside cemetery will be under the auspices of Lake Odessa Masonic Lodge. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/marvin10704nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb