Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sykes, Leon F. March 14, 1982 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net June 27, 2010, 2:49 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, March 16, 1982 Leon F. Sykes, 36, of P.O. Box 431, Meade, Kansas, died March 14 in Meade, Kansas, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born August 16, 1945 in Lansing, the son of Leon and Dorothy Karnate Sykes, but was raised by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sykes of Portland, now both deceased. He was a driller on an oil rig for Damac Co. of Mead, Kansas, and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Howard (Carol) Graft of Portland, Mrs. Edward (Linda) Smith of Fowler, and Elizabeth Sykes of Grand Ledge. Scripture service will be held Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. at the Neller Funeral Home, Portland. Funeral mass will be Thursday at 10 a.m. from St. Patrick’s Church, Portland, the Rev. Donald Weber celebrant. Burial will be in Portland Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Ronald Lehman, Douglas and Stanley Gross, and Richard, Larry and Anthony Feldpausch. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/sykes6116nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb