Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Stencel, John, Sr. 1963 ************************************************ 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 August 6, 2011, 10:07 pm Ionia Daily Sentinel Standard, 2 Jan 1963 A lifelong Ionia county resident, John Stencel, Sr., 86, died at Ionia County Memorial hospital January 1. He was born March 20, 1876 and had spent the past 20 years on route three, Easton township. He was a farmer and a member of St. Johns Lutheran church and LBM of the church. In April 1900 he was married to Louise Hafner who died March 27, 1933. Mr. Stencel’s parents were Michael and Katherine Hackert Stencel. He is survived by a son John Stencel, Jr., of route three; 11 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Mary Zanto of Orange township. Funeral service will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at St. Johns Lutheran church with burial at Highland Park cemetery. The Rev. Theodore Timler will officiate. The family will be at Boynton funeral home Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 7 until 10 p.m. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/stencel15826nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb