Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Norris, Edwin 2009 ************************************************ 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 mlnransom@chartermi.net July 15, 2013, 6:55 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Edwin Norris, of Eaton Rapids, died Monday, July 13, 2009 at the Heartland Health Care Center in Ionia at the age of 85. He was born Jan. 9, 1924 in Belding. Mr. Norris served with the 148th General Hospital Division, during World War II, the Pacific Theater, as a Med Tech 5 and was discharged Dec. 13, 1945. He was a June 1946 graduate, of Lansing Eastern High School and retired after 30 + years with the Michigan Dept. of Mental Health. Mr. Norris was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church, in Eaton Rapids, also the Knights of Columbus, the Ionia American Legion, the Sheridan VFW, Ionia Moose Lodge and the N.R.A. He is survived by daughters, Pamela (Leonard) Bettelyoun of Milan, N.M. and Kristine Norris of Ionia and stepsisters Geraldine (Herbert) Gilbertson and Iola McClardy, of Holt. Mr. Norris was preceded in death by his wife, Vivian (Fischel) Norris; his parents; 7 siblings and two stepsisters. Funeral services are being arranged by Skinner Funeral Home in Eaton Rapids. Mass will be held at St. Peter Catholic Church in Eaton Rapids at 11 a.m. on Thursday July 16, 2009. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Garden, Lansing. In lieu of flowers a memorial may be given to The Traveling Vet, in Eaton Rapids. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/n/norris21635nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb