Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Perry, Ruth J. (Baumeister) March 15, 2016 ************************************************ 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: Pat Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net June 26, 2020, 8:37 am Ionia Sentinel Standard-Thurs. March 17, 2016 RUTH J. PERRY Ruth J. Perry, 89, of Ionia and formerly of Burr Oak, passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Heartland Health Care Center in Ionia, Michigan. Ruth was born Sept. 20, 1926 in Burr Oak a daughter to the late John C. and Louise B. (Modert) Baumeister. Ruth grew up in Burr Oak, graduating from Burr Oak high School with the class of 1943, she had also lived in Bronson, Colon and moved to Ionia in 1957. On May 22, 1946 she married Keith E.Perry in Burr Oak. He preceded her in death in June of 1974. Ruth was a homemaker and a member of the St. John's Lutheran church in Ionia. She is survived by her son Wayne K. Perry of Ionia; two grandsons, Jason(Angela) Perry and Nicholas (Kelly) Perry of Ionia; four great-grandchildren; sister-in- law Maxine Baumeister of Burr Oak; brother-in-law Elmer Saddison of Florida; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her daughter-in-law Kathleen Perry; brother George W. Baumeister; and sister Kathryn Saddison. The family will receive relatives and friends on Friday, March 18, 2016 for 10 to 11 a.m. at the Schipper Funeral Home LTD. in Colon. Funeral services celebrating the life of Ruth J.Perry will then be held at 11 a.m. from the funeral home with Pastor Kurt Kuhlmann officiating. Burial will follow at the Burr Oak township Cemetery in Burr Oak. If desired the family suggest memorials be made in memory of Ruth to the Ionia St. John's Lutheran Church. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/p/perry37331nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb