Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wassink, Arend H. 1967 ************************************************ 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, 11:32 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 4 May 1967 Arend H. Wassink, 76, of route 2, Keene township, Saranac, died at his residence early Thursday. He was born November 13, 1890 in the Netherlands and came to the United States at the age of five. A farmer, he was a carpenter by trade and as such, built several cottages on the west side of Morrison Lake. He was a resident of Saranac area 36 years and had lived in Godwin Heights and Wyoming. He was married 53 years and is survived by his wife, Rachel, three daughters, Mrs. Irene DeJonge and Mrs. Leona Volovlek of West Olive, and Mrs. Alice Tefft of Saranac; 12 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Kairbrink of Iowa. Funeral services will be Saturday at 4 p.m. at Morris-Roetman funeral home in Saranac with Rev. James Moore of Grand Rapids, a grandson, officiating. Interment will be in Saranac cemetery. Family will be at the funeral home Thursday and Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. to receive friends and relatives. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/wassink15316nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb