Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Richards, Merrill F. July 1, 1987 ************************************************ 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@concast.net January 15, 2024, 6:28 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard-Friday July 3, 1987 MERRILL F. RICHARDS PORTLAND-Merrill F. Richards, 57, of 5381 West Grand River avenue, Portland, died Wednesday a this home. He was born February 28, 1930, the son of Francis and Katherine Nelson Richards. He was a self-employed mechanic. He is survived by his wife, Beverly; three sons, LeRoy and Eugene of Portland and Charles of Hubbardston; one daughter Rosemary Ferguson of Sunfield; 12 grandchildren; four brothers, Clifford of Evansville, Ind., Milton of Lyons, Donald of Hubbardston, and Robert of Mason; four sisters,Katherine Cook of Flint, Betty Link of Montague, Mary Milko of Westland, and Billy Miller of Ludington. A son, Merrill Jr., of Ionia, preceded him in death in a truck accident in July 1986. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 p.m. from the Neller Funeral Home of Portland, the Rev. Stanley Finkbeiner of the Portland United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Sundset Memorial Gardens, Ionia. Additional Comments: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Ionia,Mich. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/richards46895nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb