Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Pelon, Paul A. Sr. 1994
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, November 14, 1994

Paul A. Pelon Sr., 90, of Fenwick, died Saturday, Nov. 12, 1994, at his home.  
He was born Nov. 7, 1904 in Grand Rapids, the son of John and Jenny VanderMaas 
Pelon.

He worked for 17 years at the Belding Hosiery Mill and at the same time in 
1937 purchased the Woodard Lake Dance Hall and Resort.  He raised mink for 20 
years on the family farm.  In 1984 he retired after 20 years in the taxidermy 
business which he operated.  He was a member of the State Mink Ranchers 
Association.  He was an avid hunter, fisherman and trapper.

He married the former Margaret Halfman in Springfield, Ill. in 1951.  

He is survived by one daughter, Virginia (John) McGarth, of Waterford; one 
son, Arthur (Michelle) Pelon, of Fenwick; one daughter in law, Lorraine Pelon, 
of Ionia; seven grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren.  He was preceded in 
death by his wife Margaret in 1978; one son, Paul Pelon Jr., in 1984; and 
several brothers and sisters.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Cook Funeral 
Home.  The  Rev. Kenneth Harger of the Shiloh Community Church will 
officiate.  Burial will be at the Woodard Lake Cemetery.  The family will be 
at the funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.  A memorial for the Michigan 
Wildlife Federation has been established in his memory, in care of the funeral 
home.


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