Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....North, Mary June 16, 2004
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Friday, June 18, 2004
Mary North, 88, of Belding, passed away Wednesday, June 16, 2004 in Ionia.
She was born August 13, 1915 in Quincy, Ill., the daughter of Daniel L. and 
Mary B. Frese Muehlenfeld.

She married John R. Murphy in 1937 in Lansing. Mary and John worked together 
in construction, bought, remodeled and sold apartment houses and lake 
property. They were the first couple in Lansing to have Real Estate Licenses. 
She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Lansing and was very active in 
the church and school.  Mary received her real estate broker's license in 1962 
and opened an office in Lansing known as Murphy and Assoc. In 1972 she and 
John moved their office to Ionia.  There they were members of Ss. Peter and 
Paul Catholic Church, and while in Ionia she belonged to several parish and 
community groups. John Murphy died in Ionia in 1974. In 1979, Mary married 
Lyle W. North. She later closed the real estate office and they retired to 
Sebring, Florida. Lyle North passed away in November 1993. Mary later moved to 
Belding where she was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, the Ave Maria 
Guild and the RCIA program.

Mary is survived by Dan North of Orleans; her grandchildren, Randy and Shelli 
North of Belding, Dannie and Jeff Allen of Fenwick and Rich and Kathy North of 
Ionia. She is also survived by several great-grandchildren and two great-great-
grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister.

In keeping with Mary's wishes, her body has been given to Michigan State 
University Anatomical Gift Program. A Memorial Mass will be 10 a.m. Thursday 
at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Belding with her nephew, Monsignor Michael D. 
Murphy officiating. No visitation will be held.  In lieu of flowers memorial 
contributions may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church. Funeral services were 
entrusted to Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding


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