Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rowe, Melvin U. 1968 ************************************************ 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 September 3, 2014, 4:28 pm The Belding Banner, Thursday, May 23, 1968 Melvin U. Rowe, 69, 921 Masonic Ave. died Sunday at Greenville United Memorial hospital following a short illness. Mr. Rowe was born July 3, 1898 at Kansas City, Kansas. He had been a resident of the Belding area since 1939. At the time of his death, Mr. Rowe was an attendant at Belding Fuel Co. Ee was formerly a farmer and an employee at Bryant Elevator. He was married to his first wife Elsie May 13, 1933. She preceded him in death in 1960. He and his wife Virginia were married April 11, 1964. She survives. Other survivors include four step-daughters, Mrs. Sharon Green of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Anna Winright of Belding and Kathern and Joyce Malik, both at home; one son Donald lee Rowe of Orleans and two step-sons Michael and Martin Malik, both at home. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Leora Lester of Sastoon, Sask., Can., Mrs. Susan Mitchell of New Westminster, B. C.; and one granddaughter, Sherry Marie Rowe. Funeral services will be held Thursday (today) at 2:30 p.m. at Huffman Funeral Home. Rev. Ross Tracy of Central Methodist Church will officiate. Interment will be in Rest Haven Memory Gardens. Bearers will be Russell Cook, William Buchholz, Clifford Hopkins, Ray Smith, Harry German Jr. and William Hopkins Jr. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/rowe28369nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb