Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Esther L. (Thomas) (Mrs. Altie H.) March 20, 1970 ************************************************ 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: Maureen Cross mcross3454@gmail.com January 7, 2022, 1:59 pm Lake Odessa Wave - April 2, 1970 ESTHER L. SMITH DIES AT IONIA A resident of the Ionia Manor the past year, Mrs. Esther L. Smith, 80, of Ionia, died Friday evening. Born in Wood County, Ohio, Aug. 26, 1889 she was a daughter of William and Weltha Thomas. She married in Grand Rapids and they moved to Lake Odessa an then to Ionia in 1924. Her husband, Altie H. Smith, preceded her in death in 1960. she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Roy Greenhoe and Mrs. Zola Anderson of Ionia; 12 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and two great-great- grandchildren. Services were held at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday, March 24 at the Stone-Kauffman Funeral Home in Ionia, with Rev. Lester Bailey officiating. Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/smith41915nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb