Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....VanHouten, Merle L. (Mr.) September 16, 1967 ************************************************ 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: Maureen Cross mcross3454@gmail.com January 12, 2022, 1:42 pm Lake Odessa Wave - September 21, 1967 SERVICES HELD FOR MERLE VANHOUTEN Merle L. VanHouten, 65, of Hastings passed away at St. Marys Hospital Grand Rapids Saturday where he was hospitalized for a week but after a long illness. A native of Ionia County, he was the son of Archie and Minnie Backus VanHouten and had been a resident of Hastings 32 years. He was an auto mechanic and operated his own garage for a number of years and was service manager from 1935-40, at Ford garage at Hastings. He had been unable to work because of his illness for several years. Surviving are his wife the former Gertrude Kauffman whom he married 43 years ago; four sons, Trevor and Arlo of Middleville, Jack and Gary of Hastings; nine grandchildren and a sister Miss Frieda VanHouten Lake Odessa, nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 1:30 at the Pickens Funeral Chapel, Rev. Marvin Zimmerman officiated with burial in Lakeside Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/v/vanhoute42025nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb