Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Werner, John Joseph 1948 ************************************************ 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 October 6, 2014, 10:55 am Greenville Daily News, 18 May 1948 John J. Werner Succumbs at 86 John Joe Werner, 86-year-old retired farmer of the Cook’s Corners area, died at Ionia hospital at 8 a.m. today, following a stroke which he suffered Sunday night at his Belding home, 804 S. Broas st. Mr. Werner had resided in Belding the past seven years, after tilling his farm for four decades. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jennie Aires Werner, on Jan. 6, 1946. They were married in 1887. His sister, Mrs. Josie Kohn, passed away just a month ago. A native of Otisco township, born near the Seeley school, Mr. Werner is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Leonard Thompson of Ionia; a son, Clarence J. Werner of Lansing; four grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. H.S. Ellis, Friday, 2 p.m., from the Ellis Funeral Home, with burial in the Otisco cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/werner28813nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb