Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sandborn, Sr., Allen Roy August 6, 1976 ************************************************ 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 January 5, 2014, 11:26 pm Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard - Fri. Aug. 6, 1976 Allen R. Sandborn, 69, of 1286 West Main St., died Friday morning at Ionia Memorial hospital. He was born in Sebewa township, Ionia county, august 8, 1906, the son of Lawrence and Alma Luscher Sandborn. He attended rural schools in Sebewa township and Portland high school. He farmed in Danby and Orange townships until 1955 when he moved to Ionia. He was employed by the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad for eight years and retired in January, 1973 after 20 years at the Michigan Reformatory. He married Meredith Miles, June 15, 1929 in Portland. He was a long-time member of the Danby and Berlin Center Grange. Survivors include his wife, Meredith; four sons, Allen Jr. and James of Ionia; and Bruce and Robert of Sunfield; one daughter, Mrs. Patricia Fox of Lansing, 19 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Three brothers, Riley of Portland, Lawrence of Franklin, North Carolina and Melborn of Sunfield also survive. Services will be at 2 pm Sunday from the Leddick funeral home, Ionia. Rev. Maurice Christenson of Portland Baptist church will officiate. Burial will be at Easton Cemetery. Additional Comments: Easton Cemetery Lot # 580 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/sandborn23625nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb