Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Middleton, Margaret L. (Smith) 2006
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Greenville Daily News, 17 May 2006

Margaret L. Middleton, 80, of Belding, passed away Monday afternoon, May 15,
2006 at Spectrum Health United Memorial United Campus, Greenville.  Margaret was
bon March 21, 1926, in Missaukee County, the daughter of Ralph L. and Beatrice
Nicholls Smith.  

Following graduation from high school, Margaret attended Michigan State
University, majoring in home economics.  During World War II Margaret worked at
the Pentagon in the War Department, now the CIA, as a decipherer.  She later
attended Michigan State University, majoring in home economics.  Margaret
retired from the Chrysler Trim Plant in Lyons in 1986 and then went back to
school at Grand Rapids Junior College, graduating in the first class receiving a
degree in culinary arts.  She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in
Belding.  She was married Feb. 3, 1951, in Greenville to Gerard W. Middleton.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerard Middleton, in 1993; her
parents; son, Shawn; and brother, Ralph “Jay” Smith.  She is survived by her
children and their spouses, Michele and Ricardo Hernandez of Grand Rapids, Gregg
Middleton of Belding, Lisa Bouwhuis of Grand Rapids, Colin Middleton, Celia
Larsen, both of Belding, Jeanine Middleton of Grand Rapids, Beth and Gray
Annabel of Wayland; grandchildren, Christopher, Monique, Geanavive, Matthew,
Justin, Kyle, Jake, Audrey, Gwen, Julia; great grandchildren, Christian and
Dylan; brothers and sisters, Gertrude Irwin of Allendale, Rita Gilbert of Harbor
Springs, Minnie Kellogg of Lowell, Inabo Reblin of Farwell, Daniel Smith of
Utah, Celia Wheeler of Grand Rapids, Ursula Beecham of Largo, Fla., Mary Anne
Libby of Rockford, Allen Smith of Howard City.

Funeral services are 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Belding,
with Deacon Howard Scheid presiding.  Interment will follow in St. Joseph
Cemetery.  Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today with a rosary prayed at 7:30
p.m. at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding.  Memorial contributions may be
given to the ALS Association or the American Diabetes Association.


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