Ionia-Oceana County MI Archives Obituaries.....Underwood, Everett E. March 4, 2003
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, date unknown
Everett E. “Red” Underwood, 75, of Ionia went to be with the Lord Tuesday, 
March 4, 2003.  He as born in Dearborn on November 30, 1927 the son of William 
and Irene (Whittaker) Underwood.

Red was a veteran of World War II, being one of the last six people to be 
drafted in Manistee County.  Mr. Underwood also spent three years in Korea 
with the 725th division ordinance.  He was appointed by President John F. 
Kennedy, and was approved by Congress to the position of Post Master.  He 
served as Post Master of Bretheren and Hart, before retiring in 1989 as the 
Post Master of Ionia.  Red was a member of the Onekema Hospital Board, the 
Kalava Lions Club, and Rotary Club in Hart and Ionia, was an Ambassador for 
the Ionia Chamber of Commerce, and held many positions with the First United 
Methodist Church.

He married his wife Barbara on September 19, 1953 and she survives him.  Also 
surviving are daughters, Bambi (Randy) Powell of Springfield, and Terri 
(Scott) Warda of Oxford; grandsons, known to Red and the rest of the family as 
the ABC’s, Adam and Benjamin Warda and Christopher Powell; brothers, Alfred 
(Virginia) Underwood and Raymond (Donna) Underwood; sisters, Deanise (Robert) 
Wilson and Joan (Devere) Randall; many nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at the First United Methodist 
Church of Ionia with Rev. Martin Culver, Pastor, officiating.  For those 
desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist 
Church in memory of Everett “Red” Underwood.  Arrangements by the Schrauben-
Lehman Funeral Home, Cook Chapel, Ionia.



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