Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Neller, Bert E. 1968
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 23 Sep 1968

A former Portland funeral director, Bert E. Neller, 79, of 723 Riverside drive,
Portland died Sunday at Ionia Manor.  He was born May 19, 1889 at DeWitt.  A
member of  Portland Methodist church, he was also a life member of Portland
lodge F&AM.  He was a graduate of the Cincinnati college of embalming in 1919
and a funeral director 49 years.

He later moved to Lansing where he was Ingham county coroner and in 1932 came to
Portland where he had lived since.  He was retired in 1945 when his son Harvey
bought the business.

Surviving are his wife Rev. Blanche Neller, son Harvey G. of Portland; two
grandchildren and three great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Rachel Bascom of
Detroit; three brothers, Earl Neller of St. Louis, Mo., Fenton of Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla. and Elton of Akron, Ohio.

Funeral services will be conducted at Neller funeral home in Portland Wednesday
at 2 p.m.  Rev. Raymond Norton and Rev. Carl Noffsinger will officiate and
burial will be at Portland cemetery.  Bearers will be Sam Burman, C.J. Hill,
Douglas E. Candler, Harold Bourgois, Fred Rowe, Jr., and Robert Hibee.


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