Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Ida Kunzi 1987 ************************************************ 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 August 1, 2011, 3:13 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, June 29, 1987 Ida Kunzi Smith, 90, formerly of Ionia, died Wednesday in Ionia after a long illness. She was born April 16, 1897, in North Plains Township, the daughter of Theodore and Althia Sturgis Gilboe. She was a graduate of Hubbardston High School, and was married to Frank Kunzi in 1917; he preceded her in death in 1954. She married Bernard Smith in 1960; he preceded her in death in 1978. She was retired from the Mitchell-Bentley Corporation in 1961. Surviving are two stepsons, Michael and Frederick Smith, both of Ionia; one daughter, Norene Miller of Pewamo; five step-daughters, Carolyn Wirth of Westphalia, Dorothea Kelley of Ionia, Donna Hubbard of Schoolcraft, Pat Baker of Lyons, and Ernestine Root of Portland; one sister, Nina Allen of Ionia; 24 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren. Two sons and two sisters preceded her in death. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Hull Memorial Chapel, the Rev. Valerie Hill of Hillsdale officiating. Burial was in Muir Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/smith15495nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb