Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....McVay, Esther V. January 21, 2005 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net July 13, 2010, 6:04 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, January 25, 2005 Esther V. McVay, aged 91, of Lake Odessa, went to be with her lord late Friday evening, January 21. Esther was born in Gaines Township on February 17, 1913, to James and Emma (Kotesky) Yonkers. She graduated from Caledonia High School in 1933 and married Floyd McVay on August 18, 1937. Esther and Floyd had farmed in the Lake Odessa area since 1943. She loved birthday parties, gardening, cooking, poetry and handicrafts. Esther and Floyd had enjoyed traveling together, as well as canoeing at their cabin on the Manistee River. Whatever the circumstances, Esther always kept a sense of humor. Esther is survived by her children, Janice (Jim) Maxim, Harold (Sandy) McVay, and Jim (Linda) McVay; 7 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; brother, Lester (Virginia) Yonkers; sister-in-laws, Marion McVay and Florence Yonkers; and many other loving relatives, friends and neighbors. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Floyd; and brothers and sister, Edward Yonkers, Violet Miller and Irving Yonkers; Visitation will be from 4pm to 7pm on Wednesday at the Koops funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa. A committal service will be held at the funeral home at 3 p.m. on Thursday. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery. A memorial service will be held later in the spring when the family gathers in Lake Odessa. The family has suggested that memorial contributions may be made to Southland Missions. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/mcvay6862nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb