Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, ViVerne G. 1987
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 5 Jan 1987

ViVerne G. Pierce, 67, of Lake Odessa, died Jan. 3 at Pennock Hospital, Hastings. 
Born April 20, 1919, in Woodbury, he was the son of Carl and Neva Wells Pierce.  He
attended Woodland schools and was graduated from Lake Odessa High School in 1937. 
He was married to Evelyn Vietch on Oct. 28, 1939.  She survives.

He served in the U.S. Navy for two years during World War II and later operated a
plumbing business in Lake Odessa.  He later worked as a salesman for Northwest
Plumbing of Detroit and then for Builders’ Plumbing Co. of Lansing, retiring in
1980.  He also served as Lake Odessa village assessor, was a past president of the
Lake Odessa Area Historical Society, served on the Lake Odessa Planning Commission
and was a life member of the Lake Odessa VFW.

He is also survived by a daughter, Mrs. Deane (Sharon) Durkee of Lake Odessa; three
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Rolland Reid of Lake Odessa, and aunts, uncles and
cousins.

Funeral services will be Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. from the Koops Funeral Chapel, the
Rev. George Speas officiating.  Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery.  The family
will be at the funeral home Monday from 2 to 3 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.  A memorial has
been established for the Lake Odessa Ambulance Service, in care of the funeral
home.


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