Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Waite, William C. January 16, 1950 ************************************************ 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 January 10, 2021, 7:50 am Ionia County News - Thursday, Jan. 19, 1950 William C. Waite, 28, died Monday afternoon at United Memorial Hospital, Greenville. He had been ill since April 1949 and had been a patient of Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids hospital, entering the Greenville hospital. Mr. Waite was born in Belding, March 1, 1922. Until December 1945, in the U.S. Army and was a Master sergeant: at the time of his discharge. He graduated from Belding High School in 1939 and on March 6, 1946 married Miss Dorothy (????) of Greenville and Belding. Surviving besides his wife are a two-year-old daughter, Nancy Ann: his parents and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Cora Skellenger, all of Belding and a brother, Robert E. Waite, of Lansing. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at the Methodist Church. Rev. Lester Clough, pastor of the church will officiate and burial will be in River Ridge Cemetery. The American Legion will have charge of services at the grave. Business associates who will served as pallbearers are Richard Geerling, Everett R. Rayborn, Donald B. Rayburn, Ronald Parks, Claude Buckingham and William Luker. Additional Comments: Age: 28 Funeral: Thursday, 19 January 1950 River Ridge cemetery Sec. 4 #3 WWII Army 1st. Sgt. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/waite39379nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb