Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Towner, Marie Christine March 9, 2010 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com May 6, 2014, 1:51 pm Ionia Sentinel-Standard - 2010 Mary Christine Towner, 88, of Portland, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. She was born on Sept. 17, 1921, in Woodland, the daughter of Arlo and Mildred (Leak) Aves. Mrs. Towner went to Johnson Country School and graduated from Lake Odessa High School in 1939. She attended the First Baptist Church of Sebewa and was a member of the Danby Cemetery Society. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, traveling, camping and was a member of the Great Lakes Campers of Michigan. She married Kenneth Towner on Oct. 28, 1944, and he survives her. Also surviving are two sisters, Elaine Austin and Norma Bever; special neighbors, Chuck and Helen Smith and family; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, and a sister, Marjorie (Ades) Swoler. The Funeral Service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, March 12, 2010, at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Homes, Portland with Pastor Greg Matson, presiding. Interment will take place at Danby Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the American Alzheimer’s Association in memory of Mrs. Mary Christine Towner. Online condolences may be made at www.schraubenlehman.com. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/t/towner24685nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb