Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Thelen, Elene Marie (Burch) 1987 ************************************************ 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 18, 2017, 10:53 am Hastings Banner, 2 Jul 1987 Mrs. Elene Maria Thelen, 51, of 539 Eagle Point, Lake Odessa died Saturday, June 27, 1987 at Pennock Hospital. Mrs. Thelen was born on October 5, 1935 at Lyons, the daughter of Henry and Helena (Smith) Burch. She attended Portland High School. She married James Thelen in April, 1956. She was employed as executive secretary for Michigan Department of Social Services for 27 years. She was a member of St. Edwards Church and Altar Society Circle. Mrs. Thelen is survived by her husband, James; three daughters, Susan and Rosemary Thelen and Evelyn Griffiths, all of Portland; three grandchildren; three brothers, Clifford, Wayne and Hank all of Carson City; and one sister, Charlotte Black of Portland. She was preceded in death by one son, Mark in 1961. Funeral services were held 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 30 at St. Edwards Church, Lake Odessa, Father James Bozing officiated with burial at Lakeside Cemetery. Arrangements were made by Koops Funeral Chapel, Lake Odessa. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/t/thelen5811gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb