Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Steinke, Martha Bertha (Schipper) 1920 March 17, 1920 ************************************************ 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 Blood pat.blood@gmail.com May 24, 2011, 2:50 am Sentinel Standard – Thursday, 8 March 1920 STEINKE, Martha Bertha (Schipper) 1920 DOD: Wednesday, 17 March 1920 Sentinel Standard – Thursday, 8 March 1920 Mrs. Martha Bertha Steinke wife of William Steinke, died at the Blodgett hospital in Grand Rapids on Wednesday evening following an operation for goiter. She was thirty years old. The funeral will be held on Saturday at three o’clock from the residence at 320 North Dexter Street, and the interment will be in Highland Park. Mrs. Steinke leaves besides her husband, who is assistant superintendent at the Hayes-Ionia, three daughters. She also leaves three brothers, Paul and Will Schipper of this city, and Frank Schipper of this city, and Frank Schipper of Detroit and three sisters, Mrs. Robt. Holtz and Mrs. Charles Heiden of Ionia and Mrs. Woodrick of Flint. Funeral for Mrs. Wm. Steinke was held at the home on North Dexter street Sunday afternoon, Rev. Garrard officiated and Mesdames Fox and Peck, with Mrs. Bloomer at the piano, furnished the music. The bearers were Charles Heiden, Robert Holtz, and Rudolph and Herman Steinke. Interment was in Highland Park. There was a large attendance of friends and relatives at the funeral and the flowers were very beautiful and numerous. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/steinke12340nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb