Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Schramm, Mary Helena (Coe) October 10, 2008
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Hastings Reminder - Sat. Oct. 18, 2008

IONIA- Mary Helena (Coe) Schramm, age 95, died Friday, October 10, 2008 at 
Heartland Nursing Home, in Ionia.

Aunt Helena was born September 17, 1913 in Ionia County. She graduated from 
Ionia High School and married her high school sweetheart, Victor G. Schramm, in 
1934.

She worked for Reed Furniture Factory in Ionia during the Depression.

A few years after her husband graduated from Ferris College as a pharmacist, 
they moved to Pontiac where she worked alongside him, managing their family 
business that grew into Schramm Pharmacies. 

They were blessed with one son, Victor Judson, who was an Episcopalian Priest 
in New York City, before his death at age 39, in 1984.

They retired to their home in Frankfort, Michigan, which sat high on a hill, 
looking out over Big Crystal Lake and Lake Michigan, and wintered in Panama 
City, Florida. In their later years, they moved to Hastings, to be closer to 
family and friends.

Helena was a career working mother; a stylish, graceful lady; a loving wife; 
and thoughtful aunt.

She loved to read; and enjoyed receiving bouquets of flowers, cards and visits 
from family.

She shared a long and loving friendship with Gert and Harvey Heppe, and Donna 
Ackley.

She was a descendant of the Coe and Snyder families who were early settlers of 
Ionia County. 

She was born in the family home, a stagecoach stop, south of Ionia.

Her husband, Victor, predeceased her in 1992.

She is survived by her nieces and nephews; Mary Lynne (Mark) Tipping; Valerie 
Kenter; Mildred Hartman; Judy (Frank) Pearson; Ron (Ellen) Schramm and Maxine 
Schramm. She is also survived by numerous great nieces and nephews. 

She had outlived all of her and her husband’s brothers’, sisters’ and their 
spouses, and three nephews; Harvey, Vernon and Robert Heppe. 

A graveside memorial service will be conducted by Rev. Kenneth Harger on 
Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 12:00 noon at the Balcom Cemetery, Tuttle Road, 
Ionia, Michigan. There will be no visitation.

Arrangements are by the Marshall Funeral Home, Greenville.

For those wishing, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your 
choice in memory of Helena Schramm. www.marshallfuneralhomeinc.com. 




Additional Comments:
*NOTE Obituary also in Ionia Sentinel Standard, Tuesday. Oct. 14, 2008


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