Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....White, Edwin R. 1973
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 12 Nov 1973

Edwin R. White, 76, of 634 Morse, died Saturday morning at Ionia County Memorial
hospital of an apparent heart attack.

Born in Ronald township July 29, 1897, he was the son of Arthur and Florence
Williams White.  He attended rural schools in Ronald township and Ionia high
school.  He worked at the post office in Ionia before enlisting in the army in
1917, and serving in France and Germany.  He was discharged May of 1919.

He was employed at Ypsilanti Reed Furniture company of Ionia.  He attended
Ferris Institute at Big Rapids two years after which he returned to the
Ypsilanti Reed for a short while before beginning work at the Michigan
Reformatory where he was employed 35 years until retirement in 1968.  He was
superintendent of the garment factory at the reformatory.

December 29, 1922, he was married in Ionia to Velma Gilmore and they celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary December of 1972.

After retiring from the reformatory they moved to Harrison where they made their
home until returning to Ionia in July of 1973.

He was a member of First Christian church, Belding post of American Legion and
had been a member of the American Legion 56 years.

Surviving is his wife Velma.

Funeral services will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Leddick funeral home.  Rev. Roger
Gifford will officiate and interment will be at Tuttle cemetery.  A memorial
fund has been established for the First Christian church.


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