Ionia-Barry County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sawdy, Florence A. January 26, 1960 ************************************************ 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 24, 2010, 3:29 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel, Tuesday, January 26, 1960 Mrs. Florence A. Sawdy, 60, route three, Hastings, died at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday at Pennock hospital in Hastings. She had been a patient two weeks but had been in ill health for some time. Born August 25, 1899 in Castleton township, Barry county, she was the daughter of Eugene and Mae Cramer Vandlen. She was married to Miles Sawdy in Woodland November 16, 1917, and had been a lifelong resident of Barry county area. She was a member of Woodland United Brethren church. Besides her husband, Miles, she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. William (Rosa) Eddy and Mrs. Gordon (Irene) Norris of Hastings, and Mrs. Vernon (Doris) Bjork of Lake Odessa; three sons, Lloyd and Edward Sawdy of Orland, California, and Frederick of Clarksville; two brothers, Earl Vandlen and Charles Vandlen of Hastings, and 16 grandchildren. Service will be held at Pickens funeral chapel Thursday at 3:30 p.m. with burial at Woodland Memorial cemetery the Rev. Max Ovenshire of Pleasant Valley United Brethren church will officiated. Subsequent Publication: Friday, January 29, 1960 Service for Mrs. Florence A. Sawdy, 60, route three, Hastings, was held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Pickens funeral chapel in Lake Odessa. Mrs. Sawdy died Tuesday at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. The Rev. Max Ovenshire of Pleasant Valley United Brethren church officiated and burial was at Woodland Memorial cemetery. Bearers were Allen Senters, Roy Erb, Orley Hulliburger, Ted Tidus, Calvin Nash and Charles Wieland. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/sawdy6007nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb