Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rutz, Joyce E. (Zander) August 5, 2016 ************************************************ 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: Pat Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net June 30, 2020, 11:55 am Ionia Sentinel Standard-Tues. August 9, 2016 JOYCE E. RUTZ 1941- 2016 Joyce E. Rutz, age 75 of Ionia and formerly of Saranac, passed away Aug. 5, 2016 in Grand Rapids. She was born April 26, 1941 in Ionia, Michigan the daughter of Francis "Swede" and Meta (Wentland) Zander. Joyce married Edward Rutz April 23, 1960 in Ionia. She was a member of the Ionia Hospital Guild and a past Village Secretary for Saranac. Joyce is survived by her loving husband of 56 years Edward Rutz of Ionia; daughters, Debra (Walter) Maciejewski of Gowen, Barbara (David) hHrdy of Saranac, Tracvy (Lorren) Denman of Muir and darcie (Joel) Smith of Saranac; brothers, Gary Zander of Ionia and Gale (Leona) Zander of Orleans; step sister, Patrece (Gary) VanVleck of Ionia; grandchildren, Walter "Richie" Maciejewski, Melissa Maciejewski, Alisha (Dusty) Martin, Jason (Kathryn) Hardy, Tara (Travis) Decker, Andrea Wojcik, Derek Denman, Calvin Denman, Lucas Smith and Colby Smith; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Dennis and sister Linda Agostini. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Monday, Aug. 8 at Shiloh Community church with Rev. Kenneth Harger officiating. Interment Saranac cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday 10 AM until time of service at the church. Arrangements by Lake Funeral Home of Saranac. Memorial contributions may be made to Relay for Life. Online condolences may be made at www.lakefuneralhome.com File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/rutz37409nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb