Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sweet, Russell E. June 20, 2000 ************************************************ 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, 6:19 pm Portland Reviw - Fri. June 23, 2000 Russell E. Sweet, 88, of Lyons, formerly of Lansing, died June 20, 2000. He was born in Grand Ledge July 9, 1911, the son of Charles E. and Phebe (Barnes) Sweet. Mr. Sweet was a longtime member and deacon at the First Presbyterian Church of Lansing. He was well known in the Lansing area, having retired from the J. W. Knapp Company. He was a longtime member of the Bretton Woods Lyons Club, serving as past president and was a Scout Master for the Everett Chapter of the Boy Scouts of America. He and his wife, Pauline, celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary June 11. He will be greatly missed by family and friends. Surviving are his wife, Pauline; sons, Charles R. (Billie) of Spring Valley, Ohio, Richard L. (Mary) of Grand Haven, Thomas A. (Judy) of Moran; daughter, Susanne E. (Thom) Little of Portland; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great- grandchildren. Services were conducted by the Rev. James C. Child and Rev. Anthony Patrick June 23 at the First Presbyterian Church of Lansing. Interment took place at Deepdale Memorial Gardens, Lansing. Contributions may be made to the Hospice House of Mid-Michigan, P.O. Box 30480, Lansing, MI 48809-9986. Arrangements were entrusted to the Schuraben-Lehman funeral Home, Portland. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/sweet24395nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb