Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Nummer, Bernard E. 1997 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net August 17, 2011, 12:47 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 17 Oct 1997 Bernard E. Nummer, 65, of Ionia, formerly of Lowell, died Oct. 15, 1997 after fighting a long battle with numerous illnesses. He was born on March 14, 1932 in Lowell, the son of Fred and Jennie Nummer. He was born, raised and farmed in Lowell for 45 years before moving to Ionia in 1979. He worked at General Tire in Ionia for 20 years. He was a member of the Ionia Moose. He liked to fish, camp, bowl and dance. He also enjoyed playing card and horseshoes. He was a great kidder and loved to be in a crowd of people laughing. He is survived by his wife, Lillian; three daughters, Joanne Merklinger of Walker, Carol (Jack) Rossell of Ionia and Darlene Daul of Belding; 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Ellen and Raymond Kline of Matherton, Ellen Nummer of Lowell, Hazel Nummer of Lowell and Ona Reed of Matherton; one cousin, Robert Nummer Sr. of Ionia; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by five brothers, two sisters and one granddaughter. Funeral and committal services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Cook Funeral Home in Ionia with Rev. Kenneth Harger of the Shiloh Community Church officiating. Interment will be in East Plains Cemetery. Visiting hours are from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Friday at the Rich St. Chapel of Cook Funeral Home in Ionia. Memorial contributions may be made to Helping Hands Hospice in care of Cook Funeral Home in Ionia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/n/nummer16572nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb