Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Swainston, Helen M (Wilder) October 25, 1987 ************************************************ 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: Pat Blood pat.blood@gmail.com January 2, 2023, 9:05 am Ionia Sentinel-Standard Helen M. Swainston, 73, of 932 Bridge Street, Lyons, died Sunday at Ionia County Memorial Hospital. Born March 18, 1914 in North Plains Township, she was the daughter of Charles and Edith Knight Wilder. She attended Hayes School and was graduated from Muir High School with the Class of 1933. She was a licensed beauty operator and operated the Rita J Shop in Ionia. She retired from the Chrysler Trim Plant, Lyons in 1977. She was a member of UAW Local 1434 and of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Lyons-Muir VFW Post. Her husband, Carl Swainston, to whom she was married in February 1939, preceded her in death in April 1981. Surviving are two grandchildren, Brian and (unreadable) Swainston, both of Ionia. Her son, Gary Swainston, preceded her in death in 1971. Funeral services will be 2 pm Wednesday from Hull Memorial Chapel, Muir, with the Rev. Paul Carmichael of Lyons Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Muir Cemetery. A memorial for the Ionia County Unit, American Cancer Society has been established in care of the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/swainsto44731nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb