Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sharp, Lydia M. 1987 ************************************************ 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 mransom311@gmail.com August 17, 2014, 8:10 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Aril 20, 1987 Lydia M. Sharp, 86, of Ionia, died Saturday, April 18, 1987, at Ionia County Memorial Hospital. A lifelong resident of the Ionia area, she was born in Otisco Township March 7, 1901, the daughter of Allen and Maude Meade Towne. She was a member of the UMW of Easton United Methodist Church. On June 18, 1924 she married Lewis Sharp in Ionia. He survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Arleen Weeks, Ionia, Mrs. Jack (Joann) Brechting, Belding, Mrs. Roger (Eleanor) Lindsley, Texas; a son, Donald Sharp, Ionia; a sister, Mrs. Raymond (Lelah) Christensen, Ionia; a brother, Herbert Towne, Barryton; 17 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother and a great-grandchild. Funeral services are 1 p.m. Tuesday at Lake Funeral Home, Saranac, the Rev. Katherine Williams officiating. Burial is in Easton Cemetery. The family will meet with friends tonight from 7 to 9 at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to UMW of Easton United Methodist Church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/sharp26765nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb