Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Warden, Alice 2002
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, September 5, 2002

Mrs. Alice Dunsmore Warden, 90, passed away peacefully early Tuesday morning, 
Sept. 3, 2002 at the Manistee Medical Care Facility.  Alice was born on 
October 29, 1911 near Ionia, the daughter of Richard and Rhoda (Prescott) 
Dunsmore.  She was a graduate of Ionia High School and Michigan State 
College.  She married Walter Raymond Warden on Feb. 14, 1934 in Ionia.  They 
moved to the Fountain area, where they resided for many years raising their 
family.

In 1960 they moved to Stiles Road north of Ludington.  Walter preceded her in 
death in October 1987.  In 1991 Alice moved to San Diego, Calif., and lived 
with her daughter for six years before returning to Michigan.

She was a member of the Fountain United Methodist Church, where she was active 
for many years as a Sunday School teacher and with the United Methodist Women, 
and was a member of the Fountain Cloverleaf Club.  She enjoyed traveling, bike 
riding, and was swell known for her rug weaving.  

She was also preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, George and 
Herbert Dunsmore; her son-in-law, Harrison Tillman; and her grandson, 
Alexander Warden.

She will be lovingly remembered by her children, Carol (Gerald) Harter of 
Fremont, Calif., Mary Tillman of San Diego, Calif., Arnold (Jeanne) Warden of 
Conklin, Scott Warden of Ludington and Ariel (Kyle) Dummer of Manistee; 13 
grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and her 
sister, Ruth Brooks of Tucson, Ariz.

Funeral services for Alice are 11 a.m. Friday at Stephens Funeral Chapel in 
Scottville with Rev. Russ Garrigus officiating.  Burial will take place at 
Easton Cemetery in Iona.  Friends may meet with her family at 9 a.m. until the 
time of the funeral services on Friday at the funeral chapel.  The family 
requests memorial contributions be made to the Fountain United Methodist 
Church in memory of Alice.


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