Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Shawley, Othela M. (Coleman) 1996 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net November 20, 2016, 12:01 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 2 Mar 1996 Othela M. Shawley, 73, of Belding, died Friday, March 1, 1996, at her residence. She was born Nov. 17, 1922 in Belding, the daughter of William and Pearl Clark Coleman. She owned and operated Star Real Estate for 30 years and was manager of Jacklyn Apartments for 14 years, retiring in 1989. She was a member of the Royal Neighbors, the Eastern Star and the VFW and American Legion auxiliaries. She married Wilford R. Shawley Dec. 28, 1941, in Belding. She is survived by her children: Deborah McPeek (Dr. Ahmed Samy) Rashwan, of Belding, and Susan Meagher, of Belding; two sisters: Jeannette (Charles) Coleman Strouse, of Clare and Judy Coleman, of Grand Rapids; four brothers and three sisters-in-law: Nathan (June) Coleman, of Florida, Kenneth Coleman, of Alaska; Richard (Joyce) Coleman, of Okemos; and James (Lucy) Coleman, of Stanton. She was preceded in death by her husband Wilford Shawley, on Dec. 4, 1991 and three sisters: Lorraine Chickering, Anna Pierson and Alice Albane. Cremation has been held. Memorial services will be 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Belding Bible Church with Rev. Kenneth Martin officiation. Interment will be in River Ridge Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Ionia County Commission on Aging or the Alvah N. Belding Library. Arrangements by Johnson Funeral Home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/shawley33450nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb