Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wardle, Clarence B. February 26, 1944
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Ionia County News - Thurs. March 2, 1944

CLARENCE WARDLE SUCCUMBS SAT. TO LONG ILLNESS
Was Long Time Leader In Ionia Civic and Fraternal Affairs

Clarence B. Wardle, 88, prominently identified with Ionia business life for 
many years, died at his home, 314 Lafayette Street, at 4:30 Saturday afternoon, 
February 26. He had been ill for more than four years.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York, September 8, 1855, the son of Mr. and Mrs. 
George S. Wardle. He came to Ionia in  1876, where he read law with Judge 
Smith. Later he attended University of Michigan and graduated from its law 
school in 1878, when he was 23 years old. Although a member of the Ionia County 
Bar Association he did not carry on tin the legal profession but became 
interested in insurance and real estate which business he followed until his 
retirement some years ago.

In addition to his interests in the insurance field, Mrs. Wardle was 
prominently associated with Ionia's early industrial growth. He was a director 
of the Ionia Wagon Works, The Michigan Clothing Company, president of the Ionia 
Free Fair Association, and in more recent years, its honorary president. For 
three terms Mr. Wardle served Ionia county as circuit court commissioner. He 
was a member of the Ionia Lodge, B.P.O.E., No. 548, the University of Michigan 
club and the Ionia County Hunting and Fishing club.

In October, 1888 he was united in marriage with Miss Gertrude Townsend, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.B. Townsend. Mrs. Wardle died in January 1921 and in 
September 1926 he was married to Miss Sue Townsend. The second Mrs. Wardle died 
about six years ago.

Mr. Wardle had traveled extensively. He made three complete trips around the 
world. The first trip he made alone and the last two with Mrs. Wardle after his 
retirement from business.

He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. R. Emmett Shanahan of Grand Rapids and 
Mrs. H.S. Bradley, of Evanston, Ill., a grandson, Charles Bradley, also of 
Evanston and one sister, Miss Jessie E. Wardle of Detroit.

Rev. Henry A. Hanson of St. Johns Episcopal church officiated at the funeral 
service held from the Wardle home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. As a mark of 
respect to Mr. Wardle, Ionia business places were closed during the funeral 
hour.

Pall bearers were Montgomery Webster, Fred Mason, Henry F. Voelker, K.R. Smith, 
G. Lee Yates and Dale K. Jepson. Flowers were in charge of Mrs. Murrell Jinks 
and Mrs. Charles Lee. Burial was in Highland Park cemetery. 

Additional Comments:
Highland Park Cemetery #7-12

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