Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Pottruff, Doris M. 2007
************************************************
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:
Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 17, 2010, 7:27 pm

The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, May 24, 2007
Doris M. Pottruff, age 84, of Fountain, passed away on Tuesday May 22, 2007 at 
Whippoorwill Knoll in Scottville.  Doris was born on May 25, 1922 in Chicago, 
IL, the daughter of the late Leslie Arthur and Esther Lois (Gibson) Nelson. 
She married Donald I. Pottruff on June 10, 1939 in Ionia.

Doris was employed by Care Free Products in Charlotte for many years. Doris 
also owned This-L-Do ceramics shop in Fountain. She enjoyed fishing, 
snowmobiling, and taking care of her family and friends.

She is survived by her 2 daughters: Veralyn (Lloyd) Bailey of Fountain, Lois 
(Nick) Nieves of Fountain; 3 sons: Donald A. Pottruff of Wheatridge, CO, John 
(Carol) Pottruff of Lyons, James Pottruff of St. Louis; 12 Grandchildren; 28 
Great Grandchildren; sister: Barbara (Allan) Smith of Sheridan; step-sister: 
Joyce Birch; sister: Carolyn Miller; and numerous nieces and nephews.  She is 
preceded in death by her parents; husband Donald; son: David Gilbert Pottruff; 
brother: Jack Nelson; step-sister: Donna Davis; and step-granddaughter: Tina 
Roscoe.

A memorial service for Doris will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday May 25, 2007 at 
Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Ludington with Pastor Norman 
Lettsinger officiating.  The family will receive friends for visitation from 
10 a.m. until time of service. Cremation has taken place at Oak Grove Cemetery 
in Manistee and final interment will be in Balcom Cemetery in Ionia on 
Saturday May 26, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.  Memorial contributions in memory of Doris 
may be directed to Hospice of Michigan 10 North Atkinson Drive Suite 3 
Ludington, MI 49431.  The family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Oak 
Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center of Ludington.



File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/p/pottruff8102nob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/

File size: 2.3 Kb