Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Schnicke, Mary E. 2009 ************************************************ 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 August 9, 2012, 2:47 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Friday, July 3, 2009 Mary E. Schnicke, age 84, of Ionia, passed away on Thursday, July 2 at the Ionia County Memorial Hospital. She was born on Sept. 14, 1924, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of John and Cecil Deal. Both parents have preceded her in death. Mary has been a longtime resident of the Orleans area and was formerly of Grand Haven. In October of 1973 she married Karl F. Schnicke in Grand Haven, Michigan and he survives. Also surviving are her children, Mary Lois (Dan) Garrow of Grand Haven, Nancy Johnson of Iowa, Egbert “Butch” (Rose) Palen of Grand Haven and Joe Palen of Grand Haven; stepchildren, Judy Brainard of Orleans, Richard (Mary) Schnicke of Edmore, David (Jan) Schnicke of Mission Viejo, Calif., and Paul Schnicke of Key West, Fla.; a brother, Dan (Delores) Deal of Grand Haven; 13 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great grandchildren. In accordance with the wishes of the family, cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held at a later date at the Shiloh Community Church in Orleans. For those desiring to do so, the family has suggested memorial considerations to the Salvation Army. The Simpson Family Funeral Home is honored to serve the Schnicke family with care and compassion. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/schnicke18570nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb