Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Thrams, Donald "Don" C. February 9, 2014 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@concast.net April 21, 2025, 1:37 pm Lakewood News - Sat. February 15, 2014 DONALD C. THRAMS Donald C. Thrams, 61, passed away on Feb. 9, 2014 from a long term lung illness. Don was a Graduate Metallurgist from Michigan Tech University and worked most of his life as a Metallurgical Engineer for General Motors Corporation. Don had a lifelong fascination and passion for World War I and World War II history.He read and accumulated a massive library of books, documents, journals and artwork from those eras. He has also assembled, collected and displayed intricately detailed replicas of every piece of military equipment used during those time periods. Don's other passions included the Detroit tigers, Pistons, Lions, Redwings and MSU Spartans and a very close circle of friends and family. Don was preceded in death by his father, Cliff; his mother,Martha and his brother, Richard. Don is survived by his brother, Maynard; his sister-in-law,Kim; his nieces, Thuy, Jan, Patricia. Their families, and a very close extended family of Ron and Marlene McDiarmid, Cory McDiarmid and Angie McDiarmid/Secor. All felt very privileged and honored to have been a part of Don's life and will miss him dearly. Funeral services were held Thursday Feb.13, 2014 at Rosier Funeral Home, Mapes- Fisher Chapel Sunfield. Contributions may be made in memory of Don to the Sunfield Area Sponsors of Programs for Youth Scholarship:Fund, AKASPY's; C/O Rosier Funeral Home,PO Box 36, Sunfield, MI 48890.The family is being served by the Independent Family Owned Funeral Home in Sunfield: Rosier Funeral Home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/t/thrams48809nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb