Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smelker, Myrtle M. (Briggs) May 7, 1946 ************************************************ 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 September 14, 2022, 5:26 pm Lake Odessa Wave - Thursday May 16, 1946 MRS. ALVIN SMELKER DIES Mrs. Alvin Smelker, 63, wife of a former Barry County Clerk, died unexpectedly on Tuesday of last week at Pennock hospital where she was taken after being stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage at noon. She was a member of the Home Economics club and the Irving farm bureau. Born in Sunfield, she was a resident of Barry county for 36 years Her husband Alvin was junior member of the Smelker Bros. Drug store firm here for about five years some forty years ago. Surviving are the husband, a sister, Mrs.Della Smith of Charlotte, and a brother, William Briggs, Lake Odessa. Funeral services were held at the Leonard funeral home in Hastings Friday afternoon and burial was in Lakeside cemetery here. Additional Comments: Lakeside Cem.#9-1174-2 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/smelker43915nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb