Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....McDowell, John A. March 20, 1992
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The Hastings Reminder, Tuesday, March 24, 1992
John A. McDowell, 76 of 851 Harwood Road, Lake Odessa passed away Friday, 
March 20, 1992 at Pennock Hospital, Hastings.  Mr. McDowell was born on 
January 29, 1916 in Aurora, Illinois, the son of James and Ethel (Young) 
McDowell.  They moved to the Lake Odessa area in 1920.  He graduated from Lake 
Odessa High School in 1934, and was married to Marian Goodemoot on December 
12, 1936 in Valparaiso, Indiana.  

He lived and farmed in the Lake Odessa area.  He also worked as a plumber with 
his grandfather Fred Young, as a welder for the Pickett-Schurer Gravel Co., 
the Garnett-Rader Machine Shop and the Lake Odessa Caning Company.  He was a 
member of the Central Methodist Church, served on the administrative board, 
sang in the choir for 50 years, served as  Justice of the Peace for Berlin 
Township, served  on the Lake Odessa School Board, sang with the Farmanizers 
Barbershop Quartet and was a member of the Ionia County Farm Bureau.

Mr. McDowell is survived by his wife, Marian; five sons, Ford of Lake Odessa, 
Robert of Grand Rapids, James of Winter Park, Florida, Ross of Genesco, 
Illinois and Joel of Sunfield; 10 grandchildren; two brothers, Donald McDowell 
of Lake Odessa and Kenneth McDowell of Chelsea; several nieces, nephews and 
cousins.

Funeral services were held Monday, March 23 at the Koops Funeral Chapel in 
Lake Odessa with Reverend Keith Laidler officiating.  Burial was in the 
Lakeside Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Central 
Methodist Church of Lake Odessa or the Hospice Association.


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