Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....VanVleck, Eugene C. 2006 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 13, 2010, 2:12 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, May 2006 Eugene C. VanVleck, of Ionia, was laid to rest on May 10, 2006. He was born on April 13, 1922 in Palo the son of Peter and Alta (Harter) VanVleck. He graduated in 1939 from Ionia High School. As a youth he enjoyed basketball and softball. He married Ruth Lorraine Vos on March 7, 1942 and she preceded him in death in July 1962. Eugene married Esther Panney and she preceded him death in March 1994. Also, he was preceded in death by his father, Peter in 1980, his mother Alta in April 1996; a infant nephew, Roy; brother, Harvey VanVleck in April 1965. He worked at Mitchell Bentley and is retired from the Michigan Reformatory and Ray Nash Builders after many years of service. He was an avid golfer at Morrison Lake Country Club and belonged to several golf leagues. Surviving are his special friend, Sarah (Jenks) Piper; brother, Max (Lucille) VanVleck of Lansing; 2 sons Gary (Cindy) VanVleck of Ionia and Roger (Janice) VanVleck of Saranac; daughter, Yvonne (Roger) Maurer of Stanton; 4 granddaughters, one grandson; 7 great grandchildren; nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be conducted by Pastor Kenneth Harger of Shiloh Community Church at 3 p.m., Saturday, May 13, 2006 at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 220 Rich St., Ionia. A luncheon will follow the service at Shiloh Community Church, 8197 Heth St., Orleans. For those wishing, memorial contributions may be made to the Ionia Co. Animal Shelter in memory of Eugene and his love for all of his schnauzers. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/v/vanvleck7854nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb