Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Travis, Hazel Opal February 24, 2017
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Ionia Sentinel Standard-Tues. Feb. 28, 2017

HAZEL OPAL TRAVIS 1929-2017
Hazel Opal Travis, 87, died Feb. 24, 2017, at Heartland health care in Ionia, 
MI. Opal was born Sept. 29, 1929 in Ionia to Alzie and Ruth (Clark) Priest.

She is survived by her children, Susan McDonald (DeWitt), Donna Travis 
(Gaylord), Christine Travis (Ionia), and Timothy (Carol Frederick) Travis 
(Ionia); sisters, Wilma Wright (Ionia) and Norma Triggs (Potterville). Also 
surviving are grandchildren, William Newcomb, Andgela Newcomb, Jennifer 
(Donald) Jorgensen, Bradley McDonald, Kevin (Olivia) McDonald; great-
grandchildren, Emily Jorgensen, Alexis Jorgensen, Grace Jorgensen, Ellee 
McDonald, Seth Newcomb, Halley Newcomb, Logan Newcomb, Aiden Newcomb; and two 
great-great-grandchildren. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Merritt D. Travis, sisters 
Gladys Wombolt, Edna Myers, Loretta Leiter, Ferne Simmons, and brothers 
Walter Priest and Melvin Priest. Opal is also survived by many nieces, 
nephews and cousins.

Opal was a lifelong Ionia resident and graduated from ionia High School. Her 
first job was at the Ionia Theater, where she met her husband. While raising 
her family she worked at Michigan Bell Telephone Company as a switchboard 
operator, worked at Montgomery Ward and finally at the Ionia State Hospital 
Riverside Correctional Facility until her retirement in 1987. She loved to 
travel, having been to Germany, England and Mexico and all over the United 
States. Opal loved her family and her many friends, all of whom she enjoyed 
talking to and spending time with. She loved feeding the birds and loved 
animals, especially her miniature schnauzer Kleine.

Opal's family wishes to thank the many wonderful and caring people at 
Heartland health care of Ionia for the many years of care and kindness.

Visitation will be Tuesday, Feb. 28 at Noon at the lake Funeral Home, Ionia, 
preceding a memorial service at 1 p.m. Online condolences may be made at 
www.lakefuneralhomes.com

Memorial contribution may be made to the American Heart Association, 
Safehaven Human Society of Ionia, or the National Kidney Foundation.

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