Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....VanBuren, Ronald July 25, 1988
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Grand Rapids Press - Wed. July 17, 1988

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  FORMER IONIA JUDGE RONALD VANBUREN DIES.

Died Sunday, July 25, 1988-age 65 at Grand Rapids, MI.
Ronald had lost one leg & his sight was failing from diabetes, but he loved 
being a Judge & had stepped down from the Ionia District Court 10 years ago,& 
was now working in private practice.
VanBuren, an Ionia County native, served in the South Pacific during World War 
II.
He received a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University in 1948 & 
graduated from University of Michigan Law School in 1952.
He served as Ionia County prosecuting attorney from 1957 to 1964, Justice of the 
Peace form 1965 t 1968, & was named the District Court judge  in 1969. He served 
in District Court 64A until 1978. 
He came to Ionia Court from Detroit in 1972.
Service will be 1:00p.m. Thursday at St.John's Lutheran Church.
Survived by his wife, Lois & one son, Kenneth of Ionia, four daughters, Gail 
Wohischeid of Lyons, Karen Theobald of Lansing, Sue Davis of Orleans & Laurie 
Dyer of Lyons, one brother, Kenneth of Lyons & two sisters, Virginia Davids of 
Sunfield & Ethelyn Putney of Grand Ledge.

Additional Comments:
World War II Vet.

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