Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....VanSkiver, Orpha (Wood) May 8, 1953 ************************************************ 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: Pat Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net April 17, 2020, 5:18 pm Lake Odessa Wave-Thurs. May 14, 1953 MRS. ORPHA VANSKIVER LOCAL RESIDENT DIED FRIDAY NIGHT Mrs. Orpha Stannard VanSkiver 63, passed away at the Osteopathic hospital in Grand Rapids Friday night after a short illness. A former resident of Ionia, she lived near Tupper Lake before her marriage to James VanSkiver three years ago. She was a member of the local Eastern Star Chapter. Surviving besides the husband are a son, Harold Stannard, a grand-daughter both of Lake Odessa and a brother Otis Wood of Detroit. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 at the Pickens funeral chapel with burial in Tuttle cemetery near Ionia. Rev. Earl Seese of Woodland officiated. Mr. and Mrs. VanSkiver had returned April 23 from their winter spent inFlorida. Additional Comments: Tuttle Cem.- Lot Sec.I-Row 8 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/v/vanskive35693nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb