Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Newman, Valerie (Bush) 2002 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net December 18, 2009, 2:13 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 9 Apr 2002 Valerie Newman, 48, of Ionia went to be with her Father on April 7, 2002, in Lansing. She was born May 10, 1953 in Belding, the daughter of John and Annette Bush. She went on to marry Ernie Newman Feb. 2, 1973. Valerie was a member of Shiloh Community Church and a member of the church board. She was very active in teen programs. Valerie is survived by her loving, dedicated spouse and best friend, Ernie Newman of Ionia; sons, Marc (Roxanne) Newman of Grand Rapids and Wes (Myra) Newman of Grand Rapids; daughter, Christy (David) Wiggs of Tennessee; brothers, John Bush of Ionia, Larry (Debbie) Bush of Belding; Ted (Therese) Bush of Trufant, Marty (Sheryl) Bush of Belding; and Tom (Alice) Bush of Lowell; sisters, Linda (Dave) Wheeler of Virginia, Lois (Jerry) Paulson of Belding, Karen (Art) Rittenburg of Pentwater, Barb (Tom) Fagerlin of Belding, Marilyn (Denny )Fontaine of Stanton, Donna (Greg) Ostrand of Houghton Hancock, Nancy (Jim) Schrauben of Portland and Janice (Clay) Parker, of Belmont. Funeral services for Valerie Newman will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday at Shiloh Community Church with Rev. Kendall Harger officiating. Interment will be in Balcom Cemetery. Visitation is 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday at Lake Funeral Home in Ionia. Visitation was also held on Monday. Anyone wishing may make a memorial contribution to Shiloh Community Church - Teens. Envelopes are available at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/n/newman1741nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb