Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....O'Mara, Mary Alice (Chapin) 1995 ************************************************ 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 October 26, 2018, 6:49 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 26 Apr 1995 Mary Alice O’Mara, 61, of Lake Odessa died Tuesday, April 25, 1995, at Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. She was born March 13, 1934 in Stanton, the daughter of James and Ethel (Dillenbeck) Chapin. She was graduated from Stanton High School in 1953 and was married to Eugene O’Mara August 25, 1956, in Greenville. She lived in Stanton and Ionia before moving to the Lake Odessa area in 1968. She worked at the Mitchell-Bentley Corporation and the Chrysler Corporation for several years. She was a member of the St. Edward’s Parish and Altar Society of Lake Odessa, and the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary of Ionia. Surviving are her husband Eugene; four sons: James (Maxine) O’Mara of Kent, Ohio; John (Tammy) O’Mara of Lake Odessa, Matthew (Sally) O’Mara of Lake Odessa; and Mark (Michelle) O’Mara of Vermontville; four grandchildren: Eric, Keagan, Kacie and Trevor; her mother: Ethel Chapin of Greenville; two brothers: Robert Chapin of Ionia and Richard (Patricia) Chapin of Sheridan; two sisters: Phyllis (Laverne) Adams of Greenville; and Lois (Bill) Walker of Clearwater, Fla.; six sisters and brothers-in-law: Janet Chapin of Lakeview; Marie O’Mara of Marshall; Thomas (Norma) O’Mara of Ionia; Ruth O’Mara of Lake Odessa; Pauline (Ken) Hubbard of Saranac; Rosemary (Jim) Hickey of Lake Odessa; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday at 10 a.m. at St. Edward’s Catholic Church in Lake Odessa with the Rev. Thomas Boufford officiating. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. and Thurs. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Koops Funeral Chapel, Lake Odessa. The rosary will be recited Thursday, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Edward’s Catholic Church. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Edward’s Parish Building Fund or the Ionia Knights of Columbus Building Fund. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/o/omara8501gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb