Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wakefield, Josephine 2003 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net August 21, 2011, 7:54 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 2003 Josephine Wakefield, 89, of Johnston, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 25 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa from complications as a result of a fall. She was born Dec. 29, 1913 in Hubbardston, where she lived with her husband for many years. Josephine moved from Michigan and made her home in Arizona, and from there went to live near her son in Des Moines, where she had resided since 1994. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church. She was also an avid antique collector and very knowledgeable in that field. Josephine is survived by three sons; Terry W. Wakefield of Grand Junction, Colo., Jake Wakefield of Windsor Heights, Iowa, and Lynn Wakefield of Greencastle, Penn.; one sister, Beth Begerow of Ionia County; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest N. Wakefield, in Dec. 2001. Services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday at the Caldwell-Raddatz Funeral Home in Urbandale, Iowa. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday just prior to the funeral. Burial will take place at Oakland Cemetery, DeSoto, Iowa. Memorial contributions in Josephine’s name may be made to the Bishop Drumm Care Center, 5837 Winwood Drive Johnston, IA 50131. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/wakefiel16691nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb