Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Moon, Wilbur H. 1999
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Ionia Sentinel Standard
MOON, WILBUR H.:
   IONIA SENTINEL-STANDARD, March 5, 1999:  "Wilbur H. Moon, Jr., 79, of Ionia,
passed away Thursday, March 4, 1999, at Laurels of Kent in Lowell.  He was born
Dec. 25 1919, in Berlin Township, the son of Wilbur and Viola Gladys (Gunckel)
Moon Sr., and was a lifelong resident of Ionia County.
   He was educated at the Koon School and Lake Odessa High School.  He was
married to Maxine May Ketner in 1938 in Ohio, and the couple had four children.
   He was then married to the former Margaret Miller Hanline in 1964.  She
preceded him in death in 1992.
   On June 21, 1997, he was married to the former Pat Pitchford.  She survives.
   Bill was a life member of the National Rifle Association and the North
American Hunt Club, a member of the Founders Club Whittington Center of N.R.A.,
the Western Michigan Rifle Club, and M.U.C.C.  He was very active in hunting and
conservation, wood working and gardening.
   He worked at the Oldsmobile plant for 22 years, retiring Jan. 1, 1983.
   Survivors include his wife, Pat; two sons, Robert (Carolyn) Moon of Ann
Arbor, Kim Moon of North Carolina; two daughters, Phyllis (Jay) Rusnell of
Pinkney and Jeanne (Tom) Blackstock of Texas; step-children, Tom (Norma) Hanline
of Ionia, Beverley (Larry) Shattuck of Ionia, Sharon (Roy) Powell of Belding,
Connie Parker of Prauge, Okla., Larry Dean (Carol) Oyler of Sheridan; sister,
Gladys Walker of Belding; three sisters-in-law, Rose Moon of Ionia, Hermina
Gunckel of Conklin and Alice Hove of St. Johns; and numerous grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.  He was also preceded in death by brothers, Howard, Harry
and David.
   Funeral services will be at 3 p.m., Sunday, March 7, at Shiloh Community
Church, with Rev. Kenneth Harger officiating.  Interment will be in Balcom
Cemetery.
   Visiting hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8:30 p.m., Saturday, at Cook
Funeral Home, Rich Street Chapel, Ionia.
   Memorial contributions may be made to Shiloh Community Church.  Envelopes are
available at the funeral home and church."


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