Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Thomas, Earl L. 1998 ************************************************ 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 October 15, 2014, 2:54 pm Greenville Daily News, 5 Jan 1998 Belding – Earl L. Thomas, 94, Belding, passed away Sunday morning, Jan. 4, 1998, at United Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 10, 1903 in Sand Lake to Ernie and Mae Conklin Thomas. He was the former owner and operator of Reliable Welding in Belding for 23 years, retiring in 1969. After retirement, Breimayer Chevrolet Sales employed him for several years. He was married on Sept. 24, 1927, in Ionia to Josephine LaFond. She preceded him in death on Oct. 26, 1996. He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Ruth Krips on 1970, and Bertha Hemingsen in 1992. Two nephews survive him. Funeral and committal services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Johnson Funeral Home, Belding, with Pastor Gary Jacobson officiating. Interment will be in Greene Cemetery. Visitation will be 7 to 9 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to the organization of the donor’s choice. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/t/thomas28880nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb