Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Thornton, Blanche 1957 ************************************************ 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: LaVonne I. Bennett lib@dogsbark.com June 5, 2010, 3:28 am Ionia Sentinel Standard THORNTON, BLANCHE (BAIRD) (MRS. HOMER): IONIA DAILY SENTINEL-STANDARD, MI; Tuesday, August 13, 1957, page 2: "Deaths - MRS. HOMER THORNTON, 77, of Saranac, died at the Newhall convalescent home near Morley Monday night where she had been a patient for the past two months. She was born February 5, 1880, the daughter of Charles and Sarah Dodd Baird. The Thorntons lived in Grand Rapids until 1948 when they moved to Saranac and built a new house. They have lived in Saranac since that time. She is survived by her husband, Homer; two brothers, James and Elvert Baird both of Lowell, and one sister, Mrs. Ella Carey of Grand Rapids. Funeral services will be conducted from the Morris funeral home in Saranac Thursday afternoon at 2:30 with the Rev. Glenn McCarty officiating. Interment will be in the Saranac cemetery. Bearers will be Ralph Dodds, Harold Frost, Roy Carpenter, Stanley Ayers, Gerald Adgate and John Adgate." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/t/thornton5220nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb