Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sowles, Bert W. 1957 ************************************************ 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 September 27, 2014, 11:34 am Belding Banner-News, 28 Feb 1957 Long Illness Takes Life of Bert W. Sowles Bert W. Sowles, 76, of 536 Earl St., passed away Monday morning at Eckert Convalescent Home in Ionia. A retired farmer, he had lived in this area for 38 years. At one time he had lived in Detroit. He was born April 12, 1880 at Portland the son of Harvey and Myra Sowles and was married to Hilah Yourie, in Ionia, October 31, 1901. Surviving are his wife, Hilah, and three daughters, Mrs. John (Myrtle) Trudgen, Mrs. Lawrence (Dorothy) Havens and Mrs. Robert (Janet) Munday all of this city, 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 o’clock at Huffman Funeral Home with Rev. Frank Gillett officiating and the burial was in River Ridge cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/sowles28730nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb