Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Swarthout, Harold D. 1995 ************************************************ 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 February 10, 2017, 5:04 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 30 Jan 1995 Harold D. Swarthout, 92, of Lansing, formerly of Portland, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 1995. He was born May 18, 1902, in Morley. He owned and operated Swarthout’s Hardware Store in Portland for many years. He served on the city council, the Portland school board, including as president, and was mayor for several years. He was a charter member and first president of the Portland Kiwanis Club and a member of the Portland United Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife Myrtle; two sons: Harold Lee Swarthout of Daytona Beach, Fla. and Larry D. (Donna) Swarthout of Spring Lake; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one brother, Manley Swarthout of Hutchinson, Minn.; and two sisters [unreadable name] of Blanchard and Lillian Uphous of Manchester. Funeral services will be Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 2 p.m. at Neller Chapel, 210 Bridge St. in Portland, with the Rev. Elaine M. Buker, Portland United Methodist Church, officiating. Visitation will be at the Chapel Monday, Jan. 30, from 6-7:30 p.m. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/swarthou5716gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb