Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Raven, Mariella (Kendall) (Tafel) 1986
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 15 Dec 1986, page 2
 
Mariella Raven, 65, of 352 Lynn Avenue, Ionia, died at Ionia County Memorial
Hospital Dec. 13.  The daughter of Eldon and Blanche Hill Kendall, she was born
in Ionia Aug. 26, 1921.  Her early years were spent in Grand Rapids and Flint
before she returned to Ionia.

She was graduated from Ionia High School in 1939 and attended Osceola County
Normal.  She later was graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan
University.  She began teaching at Literary Hall School and also taught at
Piper, Spaulding, and Badder Schools and while at the latter was nominated for a
teacher of the Year award.  She retired from Saranac Community Schools in 1984
with 26 years of service.

She was married to Ferd Tafel June 13, 1941, at Cheyenne, Wyo.  He died Oct. 26,
1968.   She was married to William Raven Feb. 3, 1972, at Grand Rapids; he
survives.

She was a member of the Yellow Rose Guild of Ionia County Memorial Hospital
Auxiliary, Morrison Lake Country Club, and the Antlerettes Bridge Club.

Surviving in addition to her husband are three stepdaughters, Pamela Broene and
Rene Raven, both of Grand Rapids, and Shannon Wurschmidt of Boise, Idaho; a
stepson, William A. Raven of Twin Lakes; her mother, Blanche Kendall of Ionia; a
sister, Mrs. Donald (June) Faulkner of Ionia; and two nieces.

Funeral services will be held from the Main Street Chapel of Montgomery Funeral
Home Wednesday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Keith Bovee officiating.  Burial will be
in Sunset Memorial Gardens.  The family will be at the funeral home Monday and
Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 8:30 p.m.  A memorial for Ionia Area Hospice
has been established, in care of the funeral home.


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