Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Whitmyer, John F. May 11, 1897 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net June 28, 2010, 7:18 pm The Ionia Standard, Friday, May 14, 1897 John F. Whitmyer, the well known fruit grower, died at 7:30 Tuesday night after a prolonged illness. His age was only 36. He leaves a wife and three children—two boys and one girl. Funeral will be held at the family residence, two miles east of city, on Friday, at 2 p.m.; services by Rev. J. T. Oxtoby, D.D., and under the auspices of Ionia camp No. 1655, Modern Woodmen of America, in which order deceased carried insurance for $2,000. His mother arrived here from her home in Middlebury, Ind., two or three days ago. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/whitmyer6193nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb