Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smalley, Bernice G. (Hansen) 2002 ************************************************ 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 December 27, 2009, 7:33 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 11 Jul 2002 Bernice G. Smalley, 88, of Belding, passed away Tues., July 9, 2002 at Metron of Belding Nursing Home. She was born April 23, 1914 in Kent County, the daughter of Magnus and Clara (Wilson) Hansen. Bernice was a member of the Belgreen Seventh Day Adventist Church in Greenville. On Dec. 22, 1932 in Cedar Lake she married Lester Smalley and he preceded her in death on July 24, 1968. Bernice was also preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, John and Gerald; and one son, Harlan in January of 2002. She is survived by her children, Genevieve (Wayne) Clark of Oxford, Wisc., Jay (Dianne) Smalley of Belding and Lester (Sherron) Smalley of Portland; daughter- in-law, Juanita Smalley of Portage, Wisc.; 14 grandchildren; 33 great- grandchildren; five great, great-grandchildren; sisters, Cora Parker of Ionia, and Mildred (Clifton) Allen of Lake City, Fla.; her brother, Martin (Colleen) Hansen of Edmore. Funeral and committal services for Bernice will be at 2 p.m., Friday at Johnson- Feuerstein Funeral Home in Belding with Pastors Karl Tsatalbasidis and James Micheff Sr. officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in River Ridge Cemetery. A luncheon will follow at the Belgreen Seventh Day Adventist Church on Baker Road. Memorial contributions may be made to Adventist World Radio Program. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/smalley1905nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb