Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Near, Earl C. November 19, 1970 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com February 3, 2022, 5:10 am Lake O. Wave, Thurs. Nov. 26, 1970 Earl C. Near Passes Away Earl C. Near, 79, of Wayland, passed away at the Grand Rapids Osteopathic Hospital Thursday. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Near of rural Clarksville and married Erma Stadel of rural Clarksville. He is survived by his wife; six sons, Ronald and Gaylord, both of Plainwell; Gerald of Grand Rapids, Howard of Shelbyville, Eldon and Owen of Wayland; 11 grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Mable Cecil of Rockford, Mrs. Barbara Miller of Lake Odessa and Mrs. Ralph (Elizabeth) Fox of Alto. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2:00 at the Archer-Hampel Funeral Home, with Pastor Richard Dix officiating. Burial was in Freeport Cemetery. Additional Comments: Services: Saturday, 19 Nov. 1970 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/n/near42331nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb