Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Mary Jo (Weisgerber) 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net December 30, 2016, 7:27 pm Ionia Daily Sentinel Standard, 4 & 5 Feb 1976 Mrs. Mary Jo Smith, 57, of Kalamazoo, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening at Kalamazoo. She is the former Mary Jo Weisgerber of Ionia. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. ------------ Mrs. Mary Jo Smith, 57, of Kalamazoo died Tuesday evening at Bronson Methodist hospital after being a patient four weeks. She was born in Ionia December 1, 1918, the daughter of William L. and Bernice Bradt Weisgerber. She graduated from Ionia high school with the class of 1936 and Grand Rapids junior college in 1938. September 2, 1928, she was married to Vernon M. Smith of Ionia and he died in 1966. She had made her home in Kalamazoo many years and she was employed by Gilmore department store. Among her survivors are a son, David Smith of St. Petersburg, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Elisabeth Johncock of Kalamazoo and Mrs. Jo Ann Samson of Kalamazoo; nine grandchildren; parents, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Weisgerber; brother, William E. Weisgerber of Ionia. Services will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. at the Truesdale funeral home in downtown Kalamazoo. The body will be returned to Ionia after services for memorial and committal services Friday at 3 p.m. at the LeValley United Methodist church. Rev. M. Luther Brokaw will officiate and interment will be at Tuttle cemetery. A memorial fund has been established for the LeValley United Methodist church and contributions may be left at the Leddick funeral home. Arrangements in Ionia were made by the Leddick funeral home. [Transcriber's Note: The year of her marriage is typed as it was printed in the obituary.] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/smith33641nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb