Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rieger, Ernst H. 1981 ************************************************ 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 August 17, 2014, 4:40 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, September 23, 1981 Ernst H. Rieger, 77, of West Bluewater Highway, Ionia, died at his home Tuesday morning. He was born in Ionia Aug. 18, 1904, the son of Herman and Katherine (Droovy) Rieger. He attended the Ionia Schools and married Bessie Perry in 1925. She preceded him in death in 1964. He married Edith Bailey on Sept. 5, 1969 in the First Christian Church, Ionia. He worked for Consumers Power Co. in the industrial gas division for 37 years, retiring in 1967. He was a member of the First Christian Church and the Ionia Senior Citizen Club. He is survived by his wife Edith; one son, Gerald, of Grand Rapids; one daughter, Richard (Dorothy) Allen, of Ionia; four step daughters, Mrs. George (Beverly) Yourgevidge, of Newaygo, Mrs. Louis (Arlene) Bookie Jr., of Ionia, Mrs. Averill Hodges, of Belding and Mrs. Laura Schafer, of Lennon; four grandchildren, 15 step-grandchildren and 13 step-great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Petersen, of Greenville, and Mrs. Elizabeth Cook, of Lansing. Services will be Thursday at 3 p.m. from the Leddick Funeral Home with the Rev. Ron Dow officiating. Assisting will be the Rev. Ralph Barton of the Temple Baptist Church. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family will be at the funeral home to receive friends and relatives today from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. A memorial fund has been established for the First Christian Church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/rieger26721nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb