Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sykes, Joseph F. 1996
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 30 May 1996

Saranac – Joseph F. Sykes, 73, of Saranac died Wednesday, May 29, 1996 at 
Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids.

He was a merchant marine veteran of World War II and was retired from the State 
of Michigan as a power plant operator.  He was a charter member of the Saranac 
Lions Club and a member of the American Legion Saranac Post 175.

He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Helen (Hill) Sykes; daughter, Teresa 
(James) McCarty, of Saranac; sons: Roderick (Dixie) Sykes, of Saranac and 
Ronald (Lisa) Sykes, of Grand Ledge; brother, Morse (Lois) Sykes, of Belding; 
sisters: Joyce (Donald) Geiger, of Ionia and June (Fred) Peabody, of Haslett; 
special aunt Dorotha Salisbury, of Blanchard; and six grandchildren: Heather 
(Bob) Hemmingsen, Annette McCarty, Summer and Sara Bowers and Joe and Wade 
Sykes.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Leslie and Gertrude Morse 
Sykes.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Lake Funeral Home in 
Saranac with the Rev. Dr. Stanley Hagemeyer officiating.  Visitation will be 
from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.  
Memorial contributions may be made to the Saranac Fire Department and the 
Saranac Boston Historical Society.


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