Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Schnicke, Mary E. (Pierson) 2008 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net September 22, 2014, 8:22 pm Greenville Daily News, 14 Nov 2008 Mary E. Schnicke, 92, of Orleans, loving mother and grandmother, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. She was born April 17, 1916, in Sand Lake, the daughter of George and Edith (Barbour) Pierson. Mrs. Schnicke worked as a cook, LPN and RN at the Kelsea Memorial Hospital in Lakeview. She was a current member of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Belding and former member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Ionia and Bethel Lutheran Church in Howard City. She was preceded in death by her husband, Theodore Schnicke in 1958; daughter, Kay Ryns in 1995; three grandsons, Teddy in 1978, John in 1982, Kevin in 2006; and two sisters, Grace in 1985 and Edna in 1987. Surviving are her children, Gary (Carolyn) Schnicke of Three Forks, Mont., Sandra (James) Marquis of Wallingford, Vt., Gloria (Robert) Johnston of Orleans, Dennis (Connie) Schnicke of Manhattan, Mont.; nine grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; three sisters, Pauline (John) Haskins of Paw Paw, Alice (Al) Terpstra of Grand Rapids, Helen O’Neil of Lake Orion; brother, Howard Pierson of Sand Lake; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be conducted by Pastor Joe Fremer at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 220 Rich St., Ionia. Interment will be Monday in the Amble Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Belding. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/schnicke28684nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb