Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Stephens, John A. 1958
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Belding Banner-News, 29 May 1958

John A. Stephens, 67, of 127 S. Broas Street died Thursday morning at United
Memorial Hospital in Greenville.  He had been ill for six months.  Mr. Stephens
was born March 29, 1891 at Lakeview, the son of Ebenezar and Sarah Stephens,
coming here from Cedar Springs 13 years ago where he worked as a meat cutter for
Leppinks Market.

He was married to Lila Becker November 25, 1916.  She passed away November 4,
1957.  Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Charles (June) McNerney of Mt.
Pleasant; Mrs. Ralph (Leota) Meeuwes of Cedar Springs and Mrs. Edward (Joy Lou)
Ames of Grand Rapids.  Two sons, Charles and Elwyn passed away in infancy; four
sisters, Mrs. Rhoda Eastman, Flint; Mrs. Nellie McNamara, Pittsburg, Pa.; Mrs.
Ruby Gardner, Lake Odessa and Mrs. Bessie Blanding, Jackson; a cousin, Miss
Thelma Becker who had made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Stephens for 23 years;
three brothers, Josh of Marion, Malcolm, Lakeview and Westeron of South Bend,
Ind., and six grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Monday at 2 o’clock at Huffman Funeral Home with Rev.
C. H. Bacon of Remus and Rev. Frank Gillett of this city officiating.  Burial
was in Elmwood cemetery at Cedar Springs.


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