Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Shepard, Bessie Laurel March 22, 1976 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net August 15, 2023, 5:14 pm Greenville Daily & Belding Banner- Mar.23,1976 BESSIE L. SHEPARD, 87 BELDING - Mrs.Bessie L.Shepard, 87, of 414 E.State St., died Monday at Belding Christian Nursing Home following several weeks illness. She was born Sept. 18, 1888 at Hesperia, the daughter of Warren and Sarah Shepard.She lived in Belding for 84 years and was a retired employe of the former Jolly Kids Co.. She was a member of Belding United Methodist Church. Surviving are four nieces, Mrs.Elbert Lyndelle Mier, Belding, Mrs.Marvel Dunlap, Lansing, Mrs.Frances Sartor, Dimondale, Mrs.Carmel Rothernell, California, a nephew Warren Shepard, Belding. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Charles M.Courser Funeral Home, Belding. The Rev. Eugene Lewis officiating. Interment will be in Belding Free Methodist cemetery. The family will receive friend and relatives at the Funeral Home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Additional Comments: Old Belding Free Methodist Cem.#336 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/shepard46106nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb