Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Spratto, Frank 1974 ************************************************ 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 March 27, 2011, 11:15 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 7 Mar 1974 Frank Spratto, 88, of 930 Hackett street, died Wednesday afternoon at Ionia Manor where he had been a patient for 2 ½ years. He was born in Italy November 21, 1885, the son of George and Nickie Forlano Spratto, and came to the United States in 1900. He made his home in Brooklyn, N.Y., and married Catherine Muccio there in 1907. He worked at American Rattan Co. They moved to Ionia in 1916. His wife died in 1945. Mr. Spratto was a supervisor at Ypsilanti Reed Co. and Ionia Mfg. Co., retiring in 1962. He had made his home with his daughter since then until moving to the manor. He was a member of SS. Peter and Paul church and a life member of the Knights of Columbus. Surviving are two sons, George of Ionia and Ernest of Port Huron, his daughter, Miss Julia Spratto of Ionia, five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral services are to be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at SS Peter and Paul. Interment will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. A rosary will be said at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Leddick Funeral home where the body rests. The family will be at the funeral home 7-9 p.m. Thursday and 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. Friday. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/spratto11080nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb