Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Swain, Delbert R. 1988 ************************************************ 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 July 2, 2014, 12:09 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 25 Jun 1988 Delbert R. Swain, 84, of Ionia, died Thursday, June 23 at the Orchard Hills Hospital in Belding. He was born Jan. 26, 1904 in Gratiot County, the son of William and Minnie (Woodard) Swain. He worked for 35 years for Ypsilanti Reed, Mitchell-Bentley, and A.O. Smith, retiring in 1969. Surviving are his wife, Mae; two sons, Delbert M. Swain Jr. and Richard Swain, both of Ionia; two daughters, Lolly Mason of Lyons and Jean Wolthuis of Ionia; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one sister, Vernice Verby of Palm Springs, Calif.; one half brother, Bird Woodward of Ionia. He was preceded in death by two brothers. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday from the Myers Memorial Chapel, Ionia, with the Rev. Kenneth Harger officiating. Burial will be in Easton Cemetery. The family will receive visitors Saturday and Sunday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Main Street Chapel. Memorial contributions may be used for the wishes of the family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/swain25891nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb