Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rich, Walter E. 1946 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mransom311@gmail.com September 3, 2014, 4:26 pm The Belding Banner, Thursday, 10, January 1946 Walter E. Rich died Saturday at a nursing home in Ionia where he had been cared for since November, but had been in failing health for three years, having made his home with his son, John T. Rich, of that city. Besides the son he is survived by three granddaughters, Mrs. Kermit Little, Miss Edith Rich and Miss Katherine Rich, all of Ionia. He was born in 1860 at Smyrna and was married to Christian Aggie Randall in 1886, who preceded him in death. The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1936. Funeral services were held at the Myers Funeral Home Tuesday at 2 o’clock with burial in Smyrna cemetery. Those attending from this city were Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Fitzjohn, Mrs. Neil Sturgeon, Mrs. Frank Converse, Mrs. Blanche Ross, Mrs. Leo Hawley; also Warren Rich of Holt. Mr. Rich was a brother of the late Mrs. Bert Rowley and Charles Rich. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/rich28365nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb