Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Risser, August Valentine March 27, 1960 ************************************************ 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 September 6, 2016, 11:45 am Daily Sentinel-Standard - Monday, March 28, 1960 Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Phelps funeral chapel for August V. Risser, 83, who died Sunday morning at an Ionia rest home. He had been a patient there for two years and formerly lived at route two, Saranac. He was born August, 21, 1876 at Washington, Ill, the son of Andrew and Mary Risser. In 1910 he was married to Maggie Pickering at new Cambria, Kansas. She preceded him in death in 1916. He lived in Easton township, Ionia county since 19_8 and was engaged in farming many years. He was also employed at E.H. Stafford Mfg. Co. Hayes-Ionia body shop and Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Co. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Jake (Mary) Emelander, route 2, Saranac, and a son, Andrew Risser, of Ionia; three grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The Rev. Floyd Emshwiller will officiate at the service and interment will be in Easton cemetery. Members of the family will be at the funeral chapel Monday and Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 o'clock. Additional Comments: Funeral: Wednesday, 30 March, 1960 Easton cemetery #545 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/risser33653nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb