Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Starkweather, Kirk Leon, Pastor November 1, 2016 ************************************************ 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: Pat Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net July 3, 2020, 10:47 am Ionia Sentinel Standard-Fri. Nov. 4, 2016 PASTOR KIRK LEON STARKWEATHER 1944-2016 Pastor Kirk Leon Starkweather, age 72, of Vicksburg, formerly of Ionia, passed away Nov. 1, 2016, after a lengthy illness. He was born July 3, 1944, in Ortonville, Michigan the son of Earl L. and Elsie (Tisronstart) Starkweather, Kirk would go on to marry the love of his life, Rosalie Culver Jan. 5, 1963 in Lowell. He served as a Pastor for 36 years, 31 of those years at Ionia Church of the Nazarene. He is survived by his wife Rosalie Starkweather of Vicksburg; children, Deborah (Bob) Manville of Spring Arbor, Julia (Dan) Ferris of Lake Worth, Florida and Jeffery (Julie) Starkweather of Ionia; grandchildren, Micah Manville, Joshua Manville, Nathan (Molly) Ferris, Matthew Ferris, Sydney Ferris, Anais Garcia and Zack (Rachel) Starkweather; brothers, Bruce Starkweather of Lowell, Craig (Paula) Starkweather of Mackinac Island and Ross Starkweather of Newaygo; sister, Sue (Dave) Beute of Belding. Kirk was preceded in death by his parents; brother Gary Starkweather and sister Sheryl Miles. Funeral service will be held Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 at noon at the Ionia Church of the Nazarene with Pastor John Shoup officiating. Interment will be at Balcom Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, 10 AM until the time of services at the church. Arrangements by Lake Funeral Home in Ionia. Memorial contributions may be made to Indian Lake Nazarene Camp or Starfysh laGonave, Haiti. Online condolences may be made at www.lakefuneralhomes.com File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/starkwea37450nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb