Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Trappen, Raymond F. 1986
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 3 Nov 1986

Raymond F. Trappen, 77, of Portland and Tucson, Arizona, died Oct. 21, in 
Tucson.  He was born Jan. 31, 1909 in Petoskey, to William and Sarah Marie 
Lindgren Trappen.  He was married in July 1940 to Audrey Goff of Portland.

He was a member of the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Portland and Sacred 
Heart Church in Tucson.  He was a business owner, a past mayor of Portland, 
retiree from the Michigan State Police Fingerprint Division East Lansing and 
was a member of the Michigan-Ontario Police and Sheriff Department.  He was a 
veteran of WWII, a member of the VFW and the American Legion.  He was a 
fundraiser for the United Way and a member of the Ionia County Republican 
Committee.  He was an active member and past officer of Toastmasters 
International.  In 1985, he was awarded the Distinguished Toastmaster Award.  
He was an amateur tennis player and instructor.

He is survived by his wife, Audrey of Portland and Tucson; two sons, Peter of 
West Palm Beach, Fla. and James of Portland; two daughters, Marcia of Lansing 
and Laurie Patrick of Portland; one brother, Lorenzo of Grand Rapids; two 
granddaughters, Sarah Marie and Pammela Ann Patrick of Portland.  He was 
preceded in death by two sons, John and Russell.

Funeral services will be held Nov. 1 at 1 p.m. at the Neller Funeral Home in 
Portland.  Friends may call on the family at the funeral home on Oct. 31 from 7 
to 9 p.m.


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