Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rennels, Henry Earl July 11, 1938
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Lake Odessa Wave - July 23, 1938


Henry Earl Rennels was born in Fulton, Ind., June 20, 1883, son of Ella Stuart 
Rennels and Ransom Rennels. When he was still a baby his family moved in Lake 
Odessa where he lived until he left to attend Valparaiso college, Valparaiso, 
Ind.

After graduating from Valparaiso college, he secured a position as a bookkeeper 
with the J.L. Nichols Publishing Co., at Naperville, Ill. He worked for this 
firm for 22 years, 12 of them as manager. He made his home in Naperville and on 
June 6, 1908 married Grace Shafer, daughter of Anna and Levi Shafer of 
Naperville.

On October 5, 1909, a daughter Constance was born and on April 7, 1917 twins, 
June and John.

In 1936 he left the J.L. Nichols Co. and took a position as city salesman with 
Bradner Smith & Co., wholesale paper concern of Chicago, Ill. He was an 
employee of this company at the time of his death.

He died in his home the morning of July 11, 1938. He leaves besides his wife 
and two children, two sisters, Orpha Rennels of Lake Odessa, Mich., and Mrs. 
George Keller of Hayti, So. Dak.

The funeral services were held at the home on Wednesday afternoon, July 13, 
with Rev. Earl F. Collins of St. Johns, Mich., and Rev. Franklin D. Loehr of 
Naperville officiating. Interment was at Naperville cemetery.

(There is more to this obituary but it is indecipherable.)



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