Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Russell, G. Lawrence 1984
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 29 Jun 1984

A memorial service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Ionia First United
Methodist Church for G. Lawrence Russell, former Ionia resident, who died Feb.
8, in Sisters, Ore.  The Rev. John F. Sorensen and a former pastor, the Rev.
Carl Hausermann, will officiate.  He was born June 30, 1913, in Ionia County,
the son of George and Bessie Moon Russell.  He and his wife, Dorothy, were
married April 19, 1941.  He was a retired furniture craftsman for Michigan State
Industries at Michigan Reformatory; he also worked for a boat factory and
furniture factory in Ionia.  He retired in 1978.

He was a member of the Ionia First United Methodist Church and was active in Boy
Scouts and March of Dimes.

Surviving him are his wife; three sons, George of Athens, Ga., John of Ann Arbor
and Joseph of Sisters, Ore.; two daughters, Tonne Ganger of Sisters, Ore., and
Elizabeth of Medford, Ore.; four grandchildren; one brother, Ernest of
Greenville; and one sister, Lucille Hodell of Grand Rapids.  One brother and two
sisters preceded him in death.

Funeral services were held Feb. 12 in Sisters, Ore., and his ashes were buried
at Tuttle Cemetery in Ionia.  A memorial has been established for the Ionia
First United Methodist Church and the Ionia County Unit of the American Cancer
Society.  A luncheon will be served to family and friends by the women of the
church following the memorial service.


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