Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sovereign, Edwin P., Jr. 2005
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Greenville Daily News, 15 Aug 2005
	
Edwin P. “Ed” Sovereign Jr., 83, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Aug. 13,
2005, at home with his wife and family at his side.  The son of Edwin and Dora
Fern DeGraw Sovereign, he was born April 6, 1922, at Cedar Springs.  Ed was
preceded in death by his parents; sister and brother-in-law, Doris and Lloyd
Olmsted; sisters-in-law, Barbara Sovereign, Gertrude Nichols, Minnie Peterman,
Hazel Peterman; brothers-in-law, H. Paul Nichols, Clair Peterman; and niece,
Pamela Brigham.

On June 11, 1960, Edwin and Crystal Peterman Kammers, along with two children,
Wanda and Allen, became a united family by marriage in Belding.  Ed served with
the United States Marine Corps during World War II.  He was a life member of
Hugo Fales American Legion Post 203 in Belding.  In his working years as a body
shop repairman he found employment in Lakeview at Smithies, Greenville’s Ray
Eyer at Ray’s Body Shop, Barney Everett, C. Dean Cooper, Bert Pitre Chevy
Dealership and Bert Pitre Buick in  Scottsdale, Ariz.  Living in Belding,
Lakeview and Greenville area for many years, the Sovereigns retired to Apache
Junction, Ariz., due to Ed’s health.  In 2001, Ed’s health worsened and they
moved back to Michigan at Bass Lake, Gowen, making their home with their
daughter and son-in-law until the time of his death.

Ed is survived by his wife of 45 years, Crystal; two daughters, Wanda and Gary
Lippert of Gowen, LuAnn Sovereign; two sons, Allen and Susan Kammers of Gaylord,
Allen and Edwin Sovereign III; brother and sister-in-law, Gerald and Donna
Sovereign of North Carolina; brother-in-law, Glen Peterman of Belding; 10
grandchildren, Todd and Michele Bitner of Gowen, Jeffrey and Sarah Lippert of
Wyoming, Joshua Kammers of Saginaw, Adam Kammers, Kalamazoo, Eric, Joe and John
Royston, Tim, Michael and Annie Sovereign; five great-grandchildren, Blake,
Haley and Trent Bitner, two Royston children, another due in January; and his
special companion, Heidi.

Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hurst Funeral Home, Greenville, conducted by
the Rev. Dr. Harry R. Johnson.  Interment is in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery,
Belding, with military honors provided by American Legion Post 203.  The family
will receive family, friends and neighbors from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the
funeral home.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Visiting Nurses
Hospice of Greater Grand Rapids, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 203 Funeral
Fund, The Deaf and Near Deaf Scholarship Fund or a charity of one’s choice. 
Envelopes are available at the funeral home.


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