Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Bernard A. "Ben" 1978 ************************************************ 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 July 26, 2011, 12:16 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 28 Aug 1978 Bernard (Ben) A. Smith, 83, of 1046 Yeomans, died Saturday at Belding Christian nursing home. He was born in Westphalia May 7, 1895 and was a member of SS Peter and Paul Catholic church in Ionia. Survivors include his wife, Ida; two sons, Michael S. and Frederick W. of Ionia; five daughters, Mrs. Carolyn Wirth of Westphalia; Mrs. Dorothea Kelley of Ionia; Mrs. Donna Hubbard of Schoolcraft, Mrs. Pat Baker of Lyons and Mrs. Ernestine Root of Portland; one step-daughter Mrs. Norene Miller of Ionia; four sisters, Mrs. Christine Keck of Lansing, Mrs. Martha Pung of Westphalia, Mrs. Margaret Gettle and Mrs. Mathilda Krumm of Lansing; 25 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Services are Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick’s church in Portland. Burial is in Portland cemetery. Rosary will be recited Monday at 8 p.m. from the Neller funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/smith15231nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb