Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Pretzel, John Joseph December 8, 1947
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The Ionia County News, Thursday, December 11, 1947
John Joseph Pretzel, World War II veteran, died Monday at Percy Jones 
hospital, Battle Creek, after a lingering illness.  He was 30 years old.

Mr. Pretzel was born Feb. 14, 1917, in Belding.  In August of 1941, he married 
the former Alta Frisbie, who survives.  He was discharged from the Navy on May 
28, 1946, after being stationed on Guam.

He received his boot training at Great Lakes and was stationed in Rhode Island 
and California.  He has been under treatment at Percy Jones hospital since 
August and was at Ann Arbor hospital previous to that.

He is survived by a six-months-old daughter, Donna; two sons, Ronald, 5; and 
Martin, 3; his father, Frank; grandmother, Mrs. Anna Pretzel, of Fowler; one 
sister, Mrs. Jens Kowalski, of Lansing, and one brother, Jack, of Belding.

Funeral service was held Thursday from the Ellis Funeral Home in Belding.  
Rev. H. S. Ellis officiated and burial was in Riverridge cemetery.



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