Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Joseph S. March 16, 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 July 23, 2019, 8:51 pm Ionia County News - Thursday, March 22, 1962 Joseph S. Powell, 67, died Friday evening, March 16, at the Ionia County Memorial hospital, after being ill for a short time. He was a lifelong resident of Ionia. He was born in Ionia on May 27, 1894, to Joseph and Julia Whitelock Powell. He married Esther Lystrup in 1923. He had lived at 609 Hackett St. for the past 21 years. Mr. Powell retired from the Michigan Reformatory after 32 years of service in November, 1960. He was a member of SS. Peter and Paul church and former member of BPOE 548. Surviving are his wife, Esther of Ionia; one brother, Adam Powell of Flint; fie sisters, Mrs. Frank Grescoviak of Ionia, Mrs. Mary Funk and Mrs. Gust Makowski of Grand Rapids, Sister Mary Walter of Mt. Morris and Sister Mary Leonita of Jackson. Funeral services were at SS. Peter and Paul church on Tuesday, March 20, at 9:00 am. Interment was in Balcom cemetery. Additional Comments: Age: 67 Service: Tuesday 20 March 1962 Balcom cemetery #3-Add-S1-1 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/p/powell9734gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb