Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Tupper, Joseph E. "Joe" January 28, 1954 ************************************************ 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 January 3, 2014, 3:21 pm Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard - Fri. Jan. 29, 1954 Funeral services will be held Saturday, Jan. 30, at 2 p.m. from the Ellis funeral home for Joe Tupper, 82. Burial will be at the River Ridge cemetery at Belding. The rev. H.S. Ellis will officiate. The Ionia Elks lodge will conduct the graveside services. Mr. Tupper died at his home at 703 Root street, Belding, Jan. 28, at 5 a.m. He was born Oct. 28, 1871, Ray township, Macomb county and had lived most of his life in Belding. During his lifetime he worked as a carpenter and was a contractor. In 1918 he married Miss Minnie Sanborn who preceded him in death. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Helen Meabon of Belding, Mrs. Clifford Stortz of Lansing, and Mrs. Reynold Vos of Grand Rapids, and four grandsons. Members of the Elks lodge who will act as bearers are: Vernon C. Shotwell, Frank W. Minier, Arthur S. Lind, Richard R. Hawley, Lincoln Rush and Roman J. Slowinski. Additional Comments: River Ridge Cemetery - Belding - Sec. 2- #120 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/t/tupper23569nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb