Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Shade, Marion (Mr.) July 6, 1980 ************************************************ 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: Maureen Cross mcross3454@gmail.com November 24, 2021, 3:39 pm Lake Odessa Wave - July 9, 1980 MARION SHADE HASTINGS - Marion Shade, 78, of 4431 Bancroft, Lowell, died on July 6 at the Provincial House in Hastings, where he was a patient for 11 days. He was born on July 7, 1901 in Woodland Township, the son of Reuben and Elizabeth Stauffer Shade. He attended Lake Odessa School. He married Opel Sawdy on Feb. 25, 1922 in Hastings. He was a farmer all his life in Lake Odessa - Lowell area, retiring in 1976. He was a member of the Kent County Farm Bureau. Surviving are his wife, Opel; one son, Dale Shade of Alto; two daughters; Mrs. Yvonne Gould of Comstalk Park and Mrs. Harold (Ruth Ann) Metternick Jr. of Alto; one sister, Mrs. Ruth Peterman of Lake Odessa; 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. A daughter, Wanda, preceded him in death in 1927. Funeral services will be held today at 1:30 p.m. at the Pickens-Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa. The Rev. Martin Fox will officiate. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established for the American Cancer Society. Envelopes are available at the chapel. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/shade41233nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb