Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Pierson, Paul R. 1979 ************************************************ 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 July 25, 2011, 11:07 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 3 Jul 1979 Paul R. Pierson, 18, of 4120 Belding road, rural Belding, was killed Monday afternoon in a semi-truck – car accident at the intersection of M-44 and Ramsdell Road in Kent county. Mr. Pierson was born Aug. 26, 1960 in Ionia, the son of Robert and Susan Schippler Pierson. He attended schools in Belding and graduated from Belding High School in 1978. He played junior varsity and varsity baseball in school and worked as an inspector at Process Equipment Co. in Belding at the time of his death. Survivors include his mother and father, Robert and Susan Pierson; three brothers, Brian, in the Navy at Great Lakes, Ill., Robert, Jr., and Dana, both at home; one foster brother, Tim Brancheau, from MacDill AFB, Fla.; one sister, Penny Sue, at home; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Pierson of Orleans; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Marion Schipper of Ionia; paternal great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephan Scott of Coldwater. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Shiloh Community Church, with Rev. Kenneth Harger officiating. Interment will be in Orleans Cemetery. Family will be at the Leddick Funeral Home to receive friends and relatives on Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m., and on Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/p/pierson15154nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb