Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Richardson, Etta (Gerkey) August 14, 1971 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com November 5, 2013, 3:43 pm Hastings Banner - Wed. Aug. 18, 1971 Services for Mrs. John (Etta) Richardson, 96, of 434 Hall St., Grand Rapids, a former area resident, who died early Saturday, Aug. 14, at the Grand Valley Nursing Home, Grand Rapids, where she has been since October of 1968, were held at the Leonard-Osgood Funeral Home at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16. Rev. Michael Antone officiated, and burial was in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa. Mrs. Richardson was born in Carlton Township on May 19, 1875, the daughter of George and Hannah (Snyder) Gierkey. She married John Richardson of Campbell Township, Ionia County, and they framed all of their married life in Carlton Township. Mr. Richardson died on May 15, 1956. After his death Mrs. Richardson made her home with their niece, Mrs. Edna Klahn in Lansing. Then she moved to Grand Rapids and made her home with her sister, Mrs. Donna Koch, until she entered the nursing home. Her only survivors include her sister, Mrs. Koch, three nieces and one nephew. Additional Comments: Lakeside Cemetery Sec. 9 #1177 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/richards22814nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb