Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Switzer, Roy Benjamin, Sr. 2003 ************************************************ 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 September 12, 2014, 12:24 pm Greenville Daily News, Jan 2003 Roy Benjamin Switzer, Sr., 61, of Belding, passed away Monday, Jan. 20, 2003, at United Memorial Health Center, Greenville. He was born March 8, 1941, in Vestaburg, the son of Harvey and Margery Hunt Switzer. Roy had served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. He was a member of the Greenville Moose Lodge, American Legion Post 203 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4406 in Belding. He married Pat Gavit on March 5, 1977, in Belding. He was preceded in death by his parents; a nephew, George Patterson; and a great-grandson, Chaunsi. He is survived by his wife, Pat Switzer; their children, Tim and Bobbi Jo Gavit of Belding, Roy Jr. and Mary Switzer of Rapid City, Larry Switzer of Hersey, Kristi Nielson of Grand Rapids, Rebecca Stratton of Vestaburg; his grandchildren, Dezeree, Dominique, Demitria, Zachary, Heather, Alicia, Nicole, Tiffany, Travis, Timothy and Christopher; his great-grandchildren, Shaka and Jaedyn; one sister, Vicki Switzer of Memphis, Tenn.; and a niece, Susanne DuBois of Grand Rapids. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding, with Father Troy A. Nevins officiating. Interment is in Ferris Center Cemetery, Vestaburg. Visitation is 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/switzer28527nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb