Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Mason, Alice Louise (Coates) 2005
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 2 Aug 2005

Alice Louise Mason, 71, of Belding, passed away at home on Thursday evening, 
July 28, 2005 after a brief illness.  Alice was born on July 4, 1934 in Ionia, 
Michigan to Elmer and Hazel (Beckhorn) Coates.  She graduated from Ionia High 
School in 1952.  On May 28, 1955, she married Gerald (Jerry) E. Mason, and were 
married for 50 years.

In the 1950’s, Alice worked at the local telephone company.  After the birth of 
her first child, Alice “retired” from the workforce to devote her time to her 
family.  She was a wonderful wife and mother.  She was a member of Shiloh 
Community Church for 35 years, and had initiated a nursing home visitation 
program within the church during the 1970’s.  Her activities were crocheting, 
gardening, baking, cake decorating, babysitting, and visiting with family and 
friends.  She was a very thoughtful person and expressed her love by 
remembering family members’ and friends’ special days with gifts and cards.  
Often her gifts were handmade.  During her children’s school days, she 
volunteered her services at the school library.  As Alice peacefully left this 
earth, her husband was by her side, holding her hand.  Her life brought love 
and happiness to this earth.  She will be dearly missed.

Alice is survived by her husband; daughters, Audrey (Steven) Ackerson of Benton 
Harbor, and Tina Mason-Hall of Kalamazoo; brothers, Richard (Aileen) Coates of 
Ionia, and Gordon (Barb) Coates of Jenison; sister, Marie McCarn of Ionia; 
sisters-in-law Esther Coates of Ionia and Beverly Coates of Stanton; many 
nieces and nephews and many dear friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter, Linda Sue Feuerstein; 
sister, Dorothy Rumohr; brothers, William Coates and Harry Ray Coates; brother-
in-aw, Edward Vern McCarn; nephews, Roy Nyman and Ken Coates; and niece, Rose 
Rumohr.

Visitation will be on Tuesday, August 2 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Huffman 
Brigham Funeral Chapel, 303 S. Bridge Street, Belding.  A memorial service will 
be held with Pastor Kenneth Harger officiating, on Wednesday, August 3 at 11:00 
a.m. at Shiloh Community Church, 8197 Heth Street, Orleans.  Memorial 
contributions may be made to Hospice of Michigan.


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