Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Norton, Raymond L. 1979 ************************************************ 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 May 17, 2011, 8:17 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, March 19, 1979 The Rev. Raymond L. Norton, 72, of Cape Coral, Fla., died Friday at his home. He was born Dec. 17, 1906 in Central Lake, Mich., the son of William and Kate Norton. Norton served with the ministry for 45 years in the following communities; Lansing, Beaverton, Marion, Jackson, Paw Paw, Mason, Three Rivers, Ludington, Clare, Portland and Stockbridge. He also served as chaplain during WWII in Germany. Survivors include wife Ruth; one son, Daniel J. Norton of Hudson, N.H., one daughter; Mrs. Thomas (Barbara) Spencer of Westphalia; five grandchildren; four brothers, William, Clare and Walter, all of Cape Coral, Fla., and Howard of Texas; one sister, Mrs. Grace Gillette of Orland, Fla. Funeral service will be Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Portland United Methodist Church. The Rev. Wirth Tement of the United Methodist Church of Traverse City will officiate. Burial will be in Maple Ridge Cemetery at Holt. A memorial fund has been established for the Grace United Methodist Church building fund, Cape Coral, and contribution can be left at the funeral home. Funeral arrangements were made by Neller Funeral Home of Portland. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/n/norton11980nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb