Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ward, Thomas J. 1975 ************************************************ 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 July 27, 2011, 11:31 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 12 Apr 1975 Thomas J. Ward, 84, of Muir, route 1, died early Friday morning at Ionia Memorial hospital. Born in Spencer township, Kent county, March 17, 1881, he is the son of Jerry and Susan Ward. He came to Muir 54 years ago from Harvard and was married to the former Alice Wiggins and she survives. Besides the wife, he leaves four sons, Robert Ward of Muir, Leon and Jim Ward of Hubbardston and Maxwell Ward of Newaygo; two daughters, Mrs. Blanch Kruger of Muir, and Mrs. Jean Smith of Lyons; 26 grandchildren and four great grandchildren; brother, Jerry Ward of Carson City and a sister, Mrs. Agnes Hutchinson of Grand Rapids. Two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Cunningham and Donna Ward preceded him in death. Funeral services will be Monday at 11 a.m. at the St. John the Baptist church at Hubbardston. Rev. Fr. E.R. Fox will officiate and interment will be at the church cemetery. Rosary will be recited Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Burns-Schnepp funeral home at Carson City. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/ward15314nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb