Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....McKendry, Bessie M. (Engerbetsen) 1987 ************************************************ 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 June 12, 2014, 11:43 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 7 Jan 1987 Bessie M. McKendry, 91, of 667 Union Street, Pine Vista, Ionia, died Tuesday evening at Ionia County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Winfield Township on July 31, 1895, the daughter of Charles and Martha Engerbetsen. She married Harold T. McKendry on September 3, 1919, in Detroit. He preceded her in death on August 18, 1966. She was a past president of Ionia Senior Citizens, the American Legion Auxiliary and the World War I Veterans groups, and was a member of the Ionia County Historical Society. Surviving are two daughters, Jane Greenlee of Ionia and Lorraine Heether of Smyrna; one son, Harold McKendry of Ionia; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from the Rich Street Chapel of Montgomery Funeral Home Thursday at 3 p.m., the Rev. Keith Bovee officiating. Burial will be in Easton Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/mckendry25427nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb