Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Schrauben, Wayne R. 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 10, 2011, 5:39 pm The Portland Review, July 19, 2009 Wayne R. Schrauben, 61, of Portland, passed away on Monday, July 13, 2009. He was born on December 6, 1947 in South Riley the son of Clarence and Irene (Weiland) Schrauben. Wayne was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church and retired from General Motors after 31 years of service. He loved to squirrel and goose hunt and truly enjoyed his time going up north hunting with his family and friends. He was very proud of his grandchildren and loved to watch them play sports. He was preceded in death by his parents; 1st wife, Anne Schrauben in 1994. Surviving are his wife Darlene (Vashaw) Schrauben of Portland; 6 children, Brenda (Doug) Smith of Portland, Lisa (Barry) Kemmis of Portland, Randy (Annette) Schrauben of Westphalia, Christy (Brian) Snitgen of Portland, Marti (Kristen) Schrauben of Portland, and Tim (Allison) Hardin of Williamston; 17 grandchildren, Nikole (Brian) Brown, Kelsey Sheaffer, Riley and Graham Smith, Tate and Kylee Schrauben, Kaleb and Justus Riley, Rhet, Alaina, and Macey Schrauben, Carter Kemmis, Bryce, Ty, and Kennedy Snitgen, and Sam and Lydia Hardin; 1 great grandson, Kaeden Brown; siblings, Marlene (David) Lefke of Portland, Diane (Jack) Zimmerman of Portland, Germaine (Dan) Hinds of Portland, Joanie (Randy) Sandborn of Portland, and Leon Schrauben of Chicago; In laws, Pat (Joan) Vashaw, Bonnie (Wally) Czaika, and Val (Paul) Fisher; his extended Gross family; several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews; special companion, Pepper. The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated July 17 at St. Patrick Catholic Church with the Rev. Larry King presiding. Arrangements were entrusted to the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, Portland. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/schraube16020nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb