Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Pitchford, Crystal Belle (Church) 1976 ************************************************ 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: Pat Blood pat.blood@gmail.com December 16, 2013, 1:05 pm Ionia Sentinel - 7 September 1976 Crystal Belle Pitchford, 64, route 1, Ionia died suddenly at her home Saturday following a fatal heart attack. Born May 14, 1912 in Osceola county, the daughter of Howard and Leola Church, she attended Grand ledge schools and married Walter Pitchford in 1945. She was a member of Sebewa Church of God and the ladies auxiliary and was a retired nursing home operator. She is survived by her husband Walter, one son, Thomas of Ionia, two step-sons, Dexter and Robert Pitchford of Lansing and one daughter, Mrs. Marilyn Weller of Lyons. She is also survived by four brothers, Richard of Owosso, Glenn of Ionia, Kenneth of Delton and Harry of St. Ignace; 16 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services were 2 pm Tuesday with Rev. David Schable of Sebewa Church of God officiating. Burial in north Plains cemetery. Pallbearers were Peter Weller, James, Carl and Steven Pitchford, Doy and Daniel Dowsett. Arrangements by Hull Memorial Chapel in Ionia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/p/pitchfor23328nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb