Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Mitchel, William L. July 13, 1983
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Lake Odessa Wave-Wed. July 20, 1983

WILLIAM L. MITCHELL
LAKE ODESSA - William L. Mitchell, 68, of 733 Third Ave., Lake Odessa, died July 14,
in Hackley Hospital, Muskegon.

Born in Leslie on Dec. 27, 1914, he was the son of John and Hazel Laxton Mitchell.
He graduated from Leslie High School in 1933 and was married to Elaine Dowling on Jan.
14, 1939, in Leslie.

They moved to Lake Odessa in 1949 when he established William Department Store which
he operated until his retirement in 1976, The store is now operated by his son.

He served on the Lake Odessa Village Council and also as Lake Odessa Village
president, and was a member of the Lake Odessa Lions Club.

He was also a member of Calvary Grace Brethren Church in Alto.

Surviving are his wife; his son, John (Jack) Mitchell of Lake Odessa; two daughters,
Mrs.Darwin (Margaret) Thompson of Alto and Mrs. Richard (Marilyn) Brown of Grand 
Rapids; and seven grandchildren.

Also surviving are two brothers, Norman and Richard, both of Leslie, and a sister, 
Mrs. Janet Purvis of Jackson, Miss.

Funeral services were Monday from the Pickens-Koops Funeral Chapel, Lake Odessa,
with the Rev's. Richard Sellers and Richard Placeway officiating.

Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery, Leslie.

A memorial fund fo the Lake Odessa Ambulance Service has been established, in care
of the funeral home.

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