Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ratay, Donald E. 1997 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net October 15, 2014, 2:50 pm Greenville Daily News, 2 Jun 1997 Belding - Donald E. Ratay, 65, of Orleans passed away Saturday, May 31, 1997, at his residence. He was born Jan. 15, 1932 in Munhall, Pa., the son of Edward C. and Margaret Baggley Ratay. He was a supervisor of maintenance for 15 years with Whittar Steel in Detroit and was employed as a foreman for many years with J & L Steel Co. in Detroit. He was a member of Shiloh Community Church. He was married to Hilda Higham on Sept. 6, 1952, in Munhall. She survives with their children, Becky and Paul Knoerl of Rockford, Melissa and Steven Rose and Mark and Kathy Ratay of Berkley, and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Johnson Funeral Home, Belding, with Pastor Kenneth Harger officiating. Interment will be in Orleans Cemetery. Visitation will be today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Ionia Area Hospice. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/ratay28874nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb