Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Monks, Clara A. 1988 ************************************************ 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 mransom311@gmail.com August 10, 2014, 4:26 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, May 24, 1988 Clara A. (Welch) Monks, 82, of 432 Jones Street, Ionia, died May 22 in Belding. She was born Oct. 28, 1905, the daughter of William Berton Robinson and N. Arvilla Longstreth. She was a housewife and co-owner of Ed’s Refinery with her husband, William. Surviving are two sons, Hazen Welch of Bradenton, Florida, formerly of Holt, and Phillip L. Welch of Lake Odessa; six daughters, Betty B. Bradley of Orleans, Carel Ferguson and Beverly Clark, both of Ionia, Ardis Wright and Delores Meeuwsen, both of Grand Rapids, Shirley Galloway of Lansing; 42 grandchildren, 68 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were her husband, William, in 1970, and two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; four sisters and seven brothers. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Hull Memorial Chapel in Muir, the Rev. Larry Frye officiating. Burial will be in Balcom Cemetery. Friends may visit the family Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/monks26487nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb