Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....VanDerske, Elsie M. January 20, 1999 ************************************************ 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 June 9, 2017, 3:39 pm Portland Review - Monday, Jan. 25, 1999 Elsie M. VanDerske, 74, of Lyons died Jan. 20, 1999. She was born in Lansing Dec. 21, 1924, the daughter of Bert and Jenny (Martin) Smithy. Mrs. VanDerske was a member of the Mayflower Society. Surviving are her husband of 49 years, Seymour E.; daughter, Laurel VanDerske of Las Vegas, Nev.; sons, Edward (Nel) of Grand Rapids, David (Kathy) of Portland, John (Sue) of Nashville, Tom (Jackie) of Portland, Steve (Andrea) VanDerske of Eagle, Raymond Hemminger of Bath, and Stanley (Jan) Hemminger of Ionia; 30 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; brother, Leo (Barbara Smith of Mason; and sister, Irene (Lowell) Townsend of Stockbridge. Services will be held Sunday, Jan. 31, at 1 p.m. in the Portland United Methodist Church, 310 E. Bridge St., with the Rev. Scott K. Otis officiating. There will be no visitation. Arrangements made by Goreline-Runciman Neller Chapel, Portland Additional Comments: Portland cemetery #A1-57 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/v/vandersk6544gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb