Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sessions, Russell P. March 9, 1982
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Lake Odessa Wave-Wed. March 17, 1982

RUSSELL P. SESSIONS
IONIA-Russell P. Sessions, 71, of Jackson Road, Saranac died March 9 in a 
Grand Rapids hospital.

He was born dec. 15, 1919 in Palo, the son of Nathan and Cora Brown Sessions.

He graduated from the Palo School and married Ruth Davis Feb. 23, 1931, in 
Hubbardston.

Sessions moved to Ionia where he was in the construction business for several 
years and built many homes in the Ionia area.

In 1948 he purchased what was to become Sessions Restaurant at the 
intersection of M-66 and M-16 which he operated until it was sold in 1969.

During that time, he moved to Morrison Lake, where he lived until his death. 
He spent recent winters in Arizona.

He was a member of the Saranac Community Church, a former Deacon of the First 
christian church, a life member of the Ionia Elks Club and a member of the 
Saranac Lions Club.

Survivors include his wife, Ruth; one son, Gerald, of Saginaw; three 
daughters, Junita King of Phoenix, Lois Peacock of Lake Odessa and Carol 
Converse of Mason; one brother, Irvie, of Hemat, Calif.; 17 grandchildren and 
four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were Saturday at 1 p.m. from the Leddick Funeral Home, with 
the Rev. Edwin Mendenhall officiating.

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