Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sutherland, Merle H.   Sr. October 18, 1965
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Lake Odessa Wave - October 28, 1965
          SERVICES HELD FOR MERLE SUTHERLAND SR.
   Merle H. Sutherland, 72, passed away Wednesday evening October 20 at the Veterans
Hospital at Ann 
Arbor about five hours after admittance, and after a long illness.
   A native of Clinton county, he was the son of Milo and Alma Sutherland and had
been a resident of Lake 
Odessa about 40 years.
   He married Myrtle Schlappi in 1925 and she passed away April 1, 1950.
   Merle was a World War veteran and a member of the Lake Odessa F&AM and IOOF
lodges.
   Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Clarence (Alma) Kruger of Woodland and Mrs. Lee
(Zondra) Mikulan of 
Clinton, Mich., four sons, Merle Jr. and Milo of Lake Odessa, and Leon and John of
Woodland; a sister Mrs. 
Claud (Harriet) Haney of Lake Odessa and a brother Vere of New Port Rickey,
Florida.
   Funeral services were held on Saturday at 1:30 at the Pickens Funeral Chapel. 
Committal services at 
Lakeside cemetery were under the auspices of the LaVerne Demaray Post No. 112
American Legion.  Rev. 
Vernon Macy officiated.

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