Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Starbard, Melvin M. August 14, 1983 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com February 9, 2022, 5:19 am Lake O. Wave, Wed. Aug. 17, 1983 CLARKSVILLE- Melvin M. Starbard, 68, 10943 Darby Road, died Sunday morning at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids where he had been a patient for four days. he was born April 20, 1915 in Campbell Township, the son of Earl and Lucy Weaver Starbard. He attended Jennings Rural school and later married Maxine Miller on March 21, 1940. They lived and farmed in the Clarksville area all his life. He was a member of the Pleasant Valley United Brethren Church and Lake Odessa Ambulance Service. He is survived by his wife Maxine; one daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Scobey of Clarksville; one son, Darrel Starbard of Grand Ledge; four grandchildren; one brother, Lester of Seal Beach, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Lucinda Boyd of Warren and Mrs. Melinda Daughenbaugh of Roswell, New Mexico. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. from the Pickens-Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa with the Rev. Jerry Mahler and Rev. Chalmer Miller officiating. Burial will be in Bowne Mennonite Cemetery. A memorial has been established for the Critical Care unit of St. Mary's hospital, in care of the funeral home. Additional Comments: Service: Wed. 17 August, 1983 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/starbard42393nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb