Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Richardson, John May 15, 1956 ************************************************ 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, 3:46 pm Hastings Banner - Thurs. May 17, 1956 John Richardson Dies at Pennock Following Stroke Service for John Richardson, 87, well-known Carlton Township farmer and former township official, will be held at the Leonard Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Friday. The Rev. Chalmer Miller is to officiate and burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa. Mr. Richardson suffered a stroke on Tuesday and was taken to Pennock hospital where he died at 7:20m an hour after admittance. Mr. Richardson was born Jan. 6, 1869, in Campbell Township of Ionia County. He was married to Miss Etta Gerkey on Sept. 27, 1897, in Clarksville. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson have lived on the same farm in Carlton for the past 56 years. He is a former Carlton treasurer and a former member of the Freeport IOOF lodge and of the Carlton Grange. In addition to his wife, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Etta Nash, Hastings; Mrs. Agnes Hewitt, Woodland; and Mrs. Celia Fergerson of West Branch, and a brother, Arthur Richardson, of Dowling. Additional Comments: Lakeside Cemetery – Sec. 9 #1177 Services, Fri. May 18, 1956 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/richards22815nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb