Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sprague, Wesley 1964 ************************************************ 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: LaVonne Bennett lib@dogsbark.com April 29, 2010, 5:11 pm Ionia County News SPRAGUE, WESLEY: Ionia County News, 23 Jan 1964 Wesley Sprague, 66, of Lyons passed away at his home in Lyons Tuesday, January 14, at 10 a.m. following a heart attack. Mr. Sprague had been ill but expected to be able to return to his work at the American Auto Felt Co. in Lyons. He had gone to the factory Tuesday, but not to work and was taken ill. He was returned to his home where he passed away shortly after. Mr. Sprague was born in Ionia County, the son of Lee and Jennie Sprague. He was married in 1918 to Rilla Messer in Ionia and they had lived in Lyons most of their married life. He was a member of the Lyons Methodist church and of the Lyons lodge F&AM and had been the Lyons village assessor for over 5 years. He is survived by his wife, Rilla; one son, Raymond of Lyons, one daughter, Mrs. Clyde Rogers also of Lyons, four grandchildren, four brothers, Frank, Muskegon; Lyle, Palo; Walter, Ionia; Richard, rural Lyons; three sisters, Mrs. Foster Lake, Muir; Mrs. Fred Lehman, Palo Mrs. William Thomas, Lyons. Funeral services will be held Friday at the Lyons Methodist church with the pastor, Rev. Gerald Hedlund officiating. Arrangements are by the Shaw-Rivett funeral home in Muir. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/sprague5260gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb