Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, Eleanora (Day) 1998 ************************************************ 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 September 17, 2014, 2:44 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 9 Mar 1998 Eleanora (Day) Pierce, 72, of Lake Odessa died Sunday, March 8, 1998 at Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. She was born Nov. 22, 1925 in Grand Rapids the adopted daughter of Rev. Elmer and Josephine Day. She married Carl Pierce on Dec. 14, 1946. She was a member of the Lakewood United Methodist Church and VFW Ladies Auxiliary. She is survived by her husband Carl; son, Donald (Linda) Pierce of Vermontville; granddaughter, Jessica Pierce; three sisters, Ilene (Donald) Tuinstra of Byron Center, Hannah (Russell) Merritt of La Mesa, Calif., Grace Vargo of La Mesa, Calif.; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her sister, Elizabeth Balcom. Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, 1998 at the Lakewood United Methodist Church with Rev. Ward Pierce officiating with interment in Lakeside Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, and 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Koops Funeral Chapel, Lake Odessa. Memorials may be made to the Lakewood Community Ambulance, Lakewood United Methodist Church Memorial fund, or American Cancer Society, Ionia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/p/pierce28610nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb