Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Vroonland, John March 20, 1963
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County News - Thursday, April 4, 1963

John Vroonland, 67, of the Michigan Veterans Facility died on Wednesday 
night, March 20, at St. Mary's hospital in Grand Rapids. Mr. Vroonland was a 
guard at the Ionia Reformatory for 15 years, before retiring in 1959, when 
he entered the facility for three years. 

he was a World War I army veteran and participated in the Russian campaign. 
He was also a member of the American Legion in Grand Rapids.

Surviving are his wife, Lena; three sisters, Mrs. Peter Wierenga and Mrs. 
Jon Rottschafer, both of Grand Rapids, and Mrs. Ray Mareck of Chicago; two 
brothers, Albert of Iowa and Peter of Belmont. 

Funeral services were held on Saturday, March 23, in the DeVries funeral 
home with Chaplain William Swierenga of the Veterans Facility officiating. 
Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery.

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