Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Merkle, Maude (Evilsizer) January 25, 1967 ************************************************ 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: Pat Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net April 11, 2020, 7:42 am Ionia Sentinel Standard-Thurs. Jan. 26, 1967 MRS. MAUDE MERKLE Mrs.Maude Merkle, 74, a long time resident of Ionia died Wednesday at their 718 King street home. She was born November 29, 1892 in Ithaca the daughter of Frank and Minnie Evilsizer. She was a former member of Women of the Moose and Ionia County Farm Bureau. Her husband, Charles Merkle, died in March of 1954. Surviving are a son, Lawrence Rhoades of Saranac; daughter Mrs. Burton Helmer of Ionia; two step daughters, Mrs. Henry Castle of Ionia, Mrs. Albert Clark of Muskegon; one step-son, Karl Merkle of Grand Rapids; 14 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Myers funeral home, Rev. Robert McComb will officiate and burial will be in Balcom cemetery. Additional Comments: Balcom Cem.-Lot #NW-MS-7 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/merkle35374nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb