Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Overley, Leona Mae (Sharp) November 8, 1985 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net January 29, 2023, 2:51 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard - November 12,1985 LEONA M. OVERLEY LAKE ODESSA-Leona M. Overley, 82, of 1059 Emerson, Lake Odessa, died Friday in Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Born Sept. 1, 1903, in Mobile County, Texas, she was the daughter of William and Ann MacIntosh Sharp. She graduated from Gobles High School and Clear Lake Academy and was married to Willis Overley March 24, 1924, in Ionia. He preceded her in death in 1965. A nurse, she practiced home care nursing in the Lake Odessa areas for several years and also was employed by the Lake Odessa Canning Co. She was a member of Rebekah Lodge. She is survived by a son, Clair of East Lansing, two daughters, Mrs.Walter (Charlene) Kidder of Hastings and Mrs.Kenneth (Marian) Chapman of Hickory Corners, 16 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren; two half-sisters, Lenora Daniels of Albuquerque, N.M. and Ethel White of Houston. One daughter, Donita Baney preceded her in death in 1978. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. from the Koops Funeral Chapel, Lake Odessa, with the Rev. George Speas officiating. Burial will be n Lakeside Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home Monday from 7 to8:30 p.m. Additional Comments: Lakeside Cem.#14-1798-2 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/o/overley44906nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb