Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Swanson, Myrtle M. (Curtiss) January 26, 1999 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com April 5, 2014, 6:13 pm Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Jan. 1999 Myrtle M. (Thorp) Swanson, 86, of Grand Rapids, formerly of Ionia, passed away Jan. 26, 1999 at Heartland Health Care – Greenview in Grand Rapids. She was born the daughter of Azor and Jessie (Hughes) Curtiss on April 26, 1912. She was formerly employed at both Gittlemans and Jones Jewelry in Ionia. Survivors are one daughter, Sandra (Dwight) Whipple of Grand Rapids; grandchildren Patricia (Edward) Reynolds of Grand Rapids, and David (Amy) Whipple of Olympia, Wash.; and great-grandchildren Katy, Patrick, Betsy, Trisha Reynolds, all of Grand Rapids. Mrs. Swanson was preceded in death by two husbands, Elton B. Thorp and Arthur R. Swanson. Funeral and Committal services will be 2 p.m., Saturday, at the Cook Funeral Home in Ionia, with Rev. Lawrence Hodge from First United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in spring at Easton Cemetery. Visitation hours are 7 to 8:30 p.m., Friday, at the Rich Street Chapel of Cook Funeral Home in Ionia. Memorial contributions may be made to one’s choice in care of Cook Funeral Home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/swanson24391nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb