Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Reed, Blanche (Townsend) January 29, 1969 ************************************************ 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 currigan1932@comcast.net September 15, 2022, 7:51 pm Lake Odessa Wave - Thurs. January 30, 1969 BLANCHE REED PASSED AWAY Mrs.Blanche Reed, 88, passed away early Wednesday at Sunset Acres, near Hastings, where she had been a patient since last March. She was born near Portland March 20, 1882, the daughter of Henry and Ella (Tubbs) Townsend. She married Earl Reed in August, 1900, and moved to the Lake Odessa area in 1919. Mr. Reed passed away in June 1958. Mrs. Reed was a member of the United Methodist Church and WSCS also the Jolly Dozen Club. Surviving are a son, Lloyd of Allegan; two daughters, mMs.Bernice Howard of Dearborn and Mrs.Malcolm (Iris) Tasker of Lake Odessa; tree grandchildren, 11 grandchildren; one brother Steward Townsend of Jackson, and a sister, Mrs.Myrtle Allen of Portland. Mrs.Reed reposes at the Pickens funeral Chapel, Lake Odessa where funeral services will e held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Rev. Marvin Zimmerman will officiate with burial in Lakeside cemetery. Additional Comments: Lakeside Cem.#13-1650-4 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/reed43923nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb