Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Reed, William C. July 11, 1959 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Currigan Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net December 25, 2021, 4:21 pm Lake Odessa Wave - Thursday July 16, 1959 William Reed Passed Away Saturday Eve. William C. Reed, 61, route one, passed away Saturday night at the Blodgett Memorial Hospital in Grand Rapids where he had been hospitalized about three weeks. He had been in ill health for several years and had been hospitalized intermittently. A native of the Weldman area, he spent his early life there moving here with his family in 1922. He was employed by Smith Bros Elevator for a number of years and farmed for a while after moving to his farm on Brown road. At the time of his death he was employed by the E.W. Bliss Co. at Hasting's. Mr.Reed was a member of the Grace Brethren church. Surviving are his wife the former Myrtie Carr, whom he married, September 5, 1917; two daughters Mrs.Lloyd (Vivian) Shepard and Mrs.Donald (Shirley) Mast of rural Sunfield; four grandchildren and one sister Mrs.Lottie Koster of Peternorough, Ontario. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Pickens funeral Chapel with burial in Lakeside Cemetery. Rev. William Ernest officiated. Additional Comments: Lakeside Cem.#10-1211-1 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/reed41603nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb