Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ries, Helen E. (Simmons) 1990 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net September 20, 2014, 7:46 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 28 Mar 1990 Helen E. Ries, 86, of Ionia, died March 27 at Ionia County Memorial Hospital. She was born Jan. 6, 1904 in Blanchard, the daughter of John and Charlotte (Goodnough) Simmons. She resided at Pine Vista for five years. She was a member of the Ionia Moose Lodge for more than 50 years and was a member of the Good Cheer Club. She married Buster Ries June 8, 1921, he preceded her in death Nov. 22, 1967. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Joseph (Virginia) Magsamen of Cicero, Ill.; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Ethel Fitzgerald of Ionia and Myrtle Hall of Clio. She was preceded in death by three brothers. Funeral service will be Friday at 1 p.m. from the Myers Memorial Chapel in Ionia with the Rev. Kenneth Harger of Shiloh Community Church officiating. Organist will be Beverly Harger. Burial is in Balcom Cemetery. Moose Lodge services will be under the auspices of the Ionia Moose Lodge #998. Visiting hours will be today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Myers Memorial Chapel. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/ries28658nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb