Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Story, George A. 1995
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Lowell Ledger, 15 Nov 1995

George A. Story aged 91 of Lowell, passed away Tuesday, November 7, 1995.  He
was born in Lowell Township at the home of an aunt.  His parents were Ralph and
Kathryn Oberly Story.  He was preceded in death by a brother Ware and is
survived by a sister Freida Pitsch of Saranac.  Story grew up in Boston
Township, Ionia County.  He attended the Sweet School through the fourth grade
and the South Bell School fifth through eighth grades.  He attended high school
in Lowell, graduating in the class of 1922.  After high school, he worked at the
Chevrolet gear plant in Detroit for ix months, and later for the Ypsilanti Reed
Furniture Company in Ionia.  He was employed at the Saranac Creamery from 1928
to November 1932 at which time he accepted the position of agent for the
Standard Oil Company in Lowell.  He was with Standard until establishing his own
oil company in partnership with Claude Thorne, in Lowell, in 1946.  He was with
the Story & Thorne firm until his retirement.  He was married October 9, 1926 to
Amy Lucille Stebbins.  They lived in Saranac until moving to Lowell in 1932. 
They had a son, Gerald Ralph, who survived only three days.  A son, Royce was
born in 1930; Ronald was born in 1932; Sharon was born in 1941.  He is survived
by 11 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.  Amy Lucille Story died June 4,
1971.  George married Lucille Boelens on December 31, 1972.  She survives him. 
He joined the Lowell Masonic Lodge and the Lowell Rotary Club in 1936.  He was
president of the Lowell Rotary Club in the 1940's and was Master of the Lowell
Masonic Lodge twice.  He was a member of the DeWitt Clinton Consistory, Saladin
Shrine.  He was president of the Lowell Board of Trade in 1945.  Memorial
contributions may be made to Hospice Home of Hope, 1488 E. Beltline S.E., Grand
Rapids, MI  49508.  Arrangements by Roth-Gerst of Lowell.  Burial was in the
South Boston Cemetery.


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