Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....May, Katherine E. (Ward) March 17, 2011 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com May 16, 2013, 1:24 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard - March 19, 2011 Katherine E. May, 84, of Ionia and formerly of Portland, passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2011. Katherine was born on Feb. 16, 1927 in Litchfield the daughter of Delmer and Evelyn (Lazarus) Ward. Katherine enjoyed tending to her gardens and making scrap books. She retired in 1976 from the Michigan Dept. of Public Health after 25 years of service. Katherine married Francis May on February 23, 1947 and he preceded her in death in 1985. She is also preceded in death by a grandson, Erik Wolever in 1996 and two brothers Arthur Ward and Delmer Ward Jr. Surviving are a daughter, Kathy (Dan) Wolever of Ionia; grandson, Cody (Teressa) Wolever of Lyons; great grandchildren Cameron and Teagan Wolever; and sisters, Virginia Early of Idaho and LaVonna Bonville of California. The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, March 21, 2011 at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 210 E. Bridge St., Portland. Interment will follow at Portland Cemetery. The family will receive friends 2 to4 and 6 to8 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made at www.schraubenlehman.com. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/may20213nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb