Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, Leon R. October 24, 1989 ************************************************ 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 April 5, 2023, 2:24 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard-Wed. October 25, 1989 LEON R. PIERCE IONIA - Len R. Pierce, 85, of Ionia died Oct. 24, at the Shiawassee County Medical Care Facility in Corunna. The son of Frank R.Pierce and Margaret Sherwood Pierce Helmer, he was born in Ionia on Nov. 20, 1903. He attended Ionia Schools and served in the 5th Calvary of the U.S. Army at the end of World War I. He worked for more than 45 years at the Ypsilanti-Reid Company. He is a member of St.Johns Lutheran Church. He is survived by one daughter Mrs.Hugh (Margaret) Brooks of Howard city; two grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren; and one nephew, Darrell Pierce of Muir. He was preceded in death by one brother, Don, and three sisters, Hazel Wieczorek, Margie and Dorothy Pierce, and one grandson. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m Friday, Oct.27, at the St.Johns Lutheran Church n Ionia with Rev. Theodore Voll officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Visiting hours are Thursday from 3 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Rich Street Chapel of Cook Funeral Home in Ionia. Memorial contributions may be made at the St.Johns Lutheran Church Memorial Fund. Additional Comments: Sunset Memorial Gardens File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/p/pierce45408nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb