Ionia-Montcalm County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wilkes, Bertha May December 24, 1940 ************************************************ 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 May 25, 2010, 11:29 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel, Thursday, December 26, 1940 Mrs. Bertha May Wilkes died Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the home of her son, Edgar Wilkes in Saranac. She was born June 15, 1871, in Mecosta county, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Brandow. She lived her entire life in that county until 1937 when she came to Saranac to live with her son. Her husband preceded her in death several years ago. Surviving are the son; two sisters, Mrs. Dora Gilhoe of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Lovena Underhill of Willingham, Washington; and three brothers, Andrew Brandow of Morley, Henry of Lakeview and John of Fremont. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. from the Free Methodist church in Greenville. Rev. Mamie Clark will officiate and interment will be at Altona cemetery. Bearers will be Charles O’Dell, Ivan Dann, Clayton Greenhoe and William O’Dell. The body will be at the Sisson funeral home in Saranac until shortly before service time. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/wilkes4671nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb