Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Nowak, Betty Jean 2007 ************************************************ 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 September 1, 2010, 8:25 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, December 4, 2007 Betty Jean Nowak, of Portland, age 80, beloved mother, grandmother and great- grandmother passed away on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007. She was born on Sept. 27, 1927 the daughter of Claude and Hazel (Ortt) Lytle. Betty loved her family and enjoyed having them around, her friends and social life were very important to her. She enjoyed reading. She graduated from Ionia High School in 1945. Betty was a member of the Red Hatters Society and the Portland Garden Club. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert. Surviving are children, John (Gail) Nowak of East Grand Rapids, Mary (David) Bouck of Saranac, Sue Lang of Winnetka, Calif., Karen (Stephen) Spitzley of Portland, Nancy (Craig) Carpenter of Costa Mesa, Calif. and William (Melinda) Nowak of Portland; 12 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; sister, Arlene Fancett of Orleans, and sister-in-law, Beverly Nowak of California. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007 at the Portland First United Methodist Church, with Rev. Andy Croel officiating. Interment will follow at Portland Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007 at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 210 E. Bridge St., Portland. Contributions may be made to either the Portland Garden Club, or the Portland Public Library. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/n/nowak9328nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb