Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sheldon, Gertrude Rose May 9, 2003 ************************************************ 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 mlnransom@chartermi.net May 12, 2010, 7:39 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, date unknown Gertrude Rose “Sandi” “Trudy” (Zander) Sheldon, 67, went to be with her Lord Friday, May 9, 2003, at Heartland Health Care Center in Ionia. She was born in Ionia October 16, 1935 the daughter of August H.F. “Fred” and Gertrude Rose (Darling) Zander. Trudy married Jack Sheldon in 1960 and moved to the Iron Mountain area, where she remained until 1978, when she returned to Ionia. Trudy loved painting and drawing, and played the guitar and the piano. She also enjoyed singing, travel, and her family, and especially loved kaffee klatsches with the girls. She was a member of the Baptist church. Surviving her are her brothers, S. Eugene (Beatrice) Zander of Lyons, Robert of Wisconsin; sisters, Dora “Dee” Miller of Ionia, Doris (Richard) Campbell of Lansing, Cynthia Lujan of Colorado Springs; brother-in-law, Earl Morrison of Ionia, and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were Trudy’s children, Jackie, Cathleen and infant twins, her parents, sisters Agnes Morrison and Laura Ruehs Schultis, her brother Laurence and infant twin half brothers Rodney and Rudolf. Funeral services are 1 p.m. Wednesday at Lake Funeral Home in Ionia with Reverend John Kirkman officiating. The family will receive friends 11 a.m. Wednesday until time of service. Interment will be in the family plot in Oak Hill Cemetery in Ionia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/sheldon4048nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb