Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Piper, DeForest January 24, 1962 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com February 28, 2021, 1:53 pm Sentinel-Std. - Monday, Jan. 29, 1962 Funeral service was held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon for DeForest Piper, 51, of 800 East Main street, who died unexpectedly at his home Wednesday evening. The Rev. Floyd Emshwiller officiated and interment was at Balcom cemetery. Bearers were Hubert Flanders, Edward Bensinger, Glen Bensinger, William Bensinger, Gerald Perry and William Ranking. Employees of Ionia Manufacturing company attended in a group. Relatives and friends attending from out of town were from Ann Arbor, Detroit, Clinton, Tecumseh, Saline, Battle Creek, Grand Rapids, Colon, Birmingham, Swartz Creek, Lansing, Williamston, East Lansing, Saranac, Wayne, Dearborn, Portland, Comstock Park, Muir, Lake Odessa, Sparta, Hubbardston, Pewamo, Lyons and Fenwick. Additional Comments: Age: 51 Funeral: Saturday, 27 January 1962 Balcom cemetery #M-58 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/p/piper40039nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb