Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....North, Howard J.  December 25, 2011
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Ionia Sentinel Standard - Dec. 28, 2011


Mr. J. Howard North, 86, of Waynesboro, Pa., entered into eternal rest at 9:15 
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011 in Quincy Village, Quincy, Pa., following a short 
illness.

He was born on Dec. 29, 1924 in Bay City; he was the son of the late Oscar P. 
and Esther I. (Kuhlberg) North. He lived his early life in Charlevoix. Mr. 
North graduated from Charlevoix Senior High School with the class of 1942. He 
later received his Bachelor of Science degree in education from Michigan State 
University.

Mr. North served in the United States Army during World War II, serving in the 
infantry in the European Theater. He and his late wife, Mrs. Ruth C. (Edwards) 
North were married on June 14, 1946 in Charlevoix. 

Mrs. North died in October 1996. He later married Mrs. Pauline (Hafner) “Polly” 
Brindle North on July 3, 1998. She died in August of 2008.

Mr. North taught high school American History in Ionia, Michigan for 30 years. 
He retired in 1981. He is survived by one son, J. Robert North; wife Diane of 
Waynesboro; three step-children, Katie Green and husband James, Margaret 
Burklow and husband Dale, and Christine Brindle; four grandchildren; five great 
grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; one step-great-grandson; one brother, 
Donald North of Tavares, Fla.; and a number of  nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents and two wives, he was preceded in death by a 
daughter, Nancy R. North, who died in 1998 and one sister, Eleanor North.

Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 in Miller-
Bowersox Funeral Home, 521 S. Washington St., Greencastle, Pa., with the 
Antietam Congregation of the German Baptist Church ministers officiating. The 
family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday evening in the funeral 
home.

Mr. North will then be transported to Schrauben-Lehman funeral Home, 220 Rich 
St., Ionia, for services Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 at 10 a.m. with Rev. David Bogda 
officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services. 
Burial will be in the Brookside Cemetery in Charlevoix.

The family requests the omission of flowers. Online condolences may be made at 
www.schraubenlehman.com. 



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