Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Shade, Opal M. (Sawdy) (Mrs. Marion) May 13, 1983 ************************************************ 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 January 4, 2022, 3:31 pm Lake Odessa Wave - May 18, 1983 OPAL M SHADE LAKE ODESSA - Opal M Shade, 61, of 4431 Barcroft, Lowell, died Friday in Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. She was born Oct. 5, 1901, in Woodland, the daughter of Bert and Lucy Myers Sawdy. She graduated from, Woodland High School and was married to Marion Shade Feb. 25, 1922, in Woodland. He died July 6, 1969. They lived and farmed all their married life, the last 52 years in the Lowell area. She was a member of Kent County Farm Bureau. Surviving are; a son Dale, of Lowell; two daughters, Mrs. Yvonne Gould of Comstock Park and Mrs. Harold (Ruth Ann) Metternick Jr. of Alto; 14 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren; and one step great-great grandchild. Also surviving are; a brother Clifton Sawdy, of Woodland; five sisters-in-law, Mrs. Della Sawdy of Phoenix, Mrs.Frances Sawdy of Woodland, Mrs. Ruth Peterman and Mrs. Mildred Shade of Lake Odessa, and Mrs Emma Shade of Remus. Funeral services were Monday at 3 p.m. from Pickens-Koops Funeral Chapel, Lake Odessa. Burial was n Lakeside Cemetery. A memorial has been established for the Michigan Heart Association, in the care of the funeral chapel. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/shade41835nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb