Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Townsend, Caroline B. (Geister) November 6, 2020 ************************************************ 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@comcast.net November 26, 2021, 9:07 am Ionia Sentinel Standard-November 14, 2020 CAROLINE TOWNSEND, 85 Caroline B. Townsend. 85, of rural Ionia died Friday, Nov. 6, 2020 at home. Caroline was born on July 17. 1935 in Alger, Michigan the daughter of Budd and Elizabeth (Szemrady) Geister. She graduated from Sterling High School and later worked many years for the State of Michigan, retiring from the Military affairs Department doing janiorial work. Caroline liked living in the country and being able to enjoy horses with her husband Weston when he served with the Ionia county Sheriff"s Posse. She was preceded in death by her husband Weston, her parents, a sister Maxine Lawrence, a brother Clarence Geister and her daughter Candi Gale. Caroline is loved and survived by her sons; James Gale of Greenville, Greg (Deb) Gale of Belding, her grandchildren, James, Hazel, Tony, Melissa, Mishenda, Natasha, Gregory, Amanda, Brent, Buddy, many great grandchildren, her siblings, Wholly Geister of Alger, Marion Belding of Belding, Ethel Rector of Stanton, Robert (Marion) Geister of Alger, Shirley Whisman of West Branch and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding with Pastor Ken Harger officiating. Interment is in Lyons Cemetery, Lyons. Memorials may be given to the American cancer Society or the Alvah N. Belding Library. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. To share a message of condolence, light a candle in memory of Caroline or order flowers please visit the web site of the funeral home at jffh.com File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/t/townsend41259nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb