Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Schneider, Benjamin "Ben" R. January 27, 1961 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net October 5, 2021, 3:00 pm Lake Odessa Wave,Thursday-February 2, 1961 Benjamin Schneider Buried Last Sunday Benjamin R. Schneider 86, retired farmer, passed away early Friday morning at his home in Woodland after a lingering illness. He was born in Ionia, his parents were John and Elizabeth Schneider. He has lived in the Lake Odessa-Woodland area for about eighty years, coming to this area when about six years old. He retired from farming in 1941 and moved to his home at Woodland. Mr. Schneider was a member of the Woodland E.U.B. church on M-50. Surviving are his wife, Mattie J; one daughter, Mrs Erwin (Leona) Bates, route 3, Lake Odessa; one sister, Mrs Rose Parney of Greenville; five grandchildren and one step-grandson, Floyd Kimble of Hastings. Mr Schneider reposed at the Pickens funeral chapel, Lake Odessa until noon Sunday and then taken to the Woodland E.U.B. church where funeral services were held at 2:30. Burial in Lakeside cemetery, with Rev. Robt. E. Betts officiating. Additional Comments: Lakeside Cem.#10-1236-1 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/schneide40988nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb