Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rosecrance, Karl January 27, 1954 ************************************************ 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 mlnransom@chartermi.net June 23, 2010, 8:05 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, January 28, 1954 Karl Rosecrance, 61, was found dead at his home at 826 West Main street by his wife Wednesday, January 27, at 4 p.m. on her return from work. He had been dead, according to his physician, since around noon. Death was due to a cardiac failure. He was in his bedroom preparing to dress to go to work at the Ionia State Hospital where he had been employed for the past 23 years. Mr. Rosecrance was born in North Shade township, Gratiot county, January 11, 1893, son of Jay and Maud Rosecrance. He was married to Gladys Graves in Ionia September 1, 1917, and they lived the greater part of their lives in Ionia. He was a member of the First Methodist church. He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Paul Stewart Jr., of Detroit and Mrs. Glenn Denny of Ionia; one son, Dale of Ionia; two brothers, Jackson Levi of Detroit and Paul of Carson City; one sister, Mrs. Gay Wilbur of Jackson, and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted from the Boynton funeral home Saturday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Heath Goodwin will officiate. The family will be at the funeral home Thursday and Friday evenings 7-9 p.m. to receive friends. Subsequent Publication: Monday, February 1, 1954 Funeral services for Karl Rosecrance who died Wednesday were held from the Boynton funeral home Saturday, January 30, at 2 p.m. The Rev. Heath Goodwin officiated. Temporary interment was in Highland Park cemetery. The bearers were Seldon Conner, Hector Gee, Roy Kendall, Roy Weber, P.J. O’Connor and Stanley Warren. Relatives attending the services from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stewart Jr., Mrs. Ralph Williams, Mrs. Louise Rummer of Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Gay Wilbur of Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Graves, Mrs. Frank Blanchard of Grand Ledge; Mrs. D. A. Squire, Mrs. Howard Wheeler of Wayne; Mrs. Beulah Ackerson, Richard Ackerson, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lee of Pontiac; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rosecrance, Mr. and Mrs. William Brannon, Mrs. Mary Gager, Miss Dorothy Brannon of Carson City; Mrs. Archie Youngs of Sheridan; Mrs. William Rummer of Mt. Pleasant; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rummer, Mrs. Leona Betz of Ithaca; Mr. and Mrs. William Brannon Jr. of Perry; Mrs. Keith Marcy of Riverdale; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Markham, Mrs. Archie Denny of Saranac; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Horn, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dub and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Croel of Lyons. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/rosecran5987nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb