Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wilson, Blanche E. (Smith) March 2, 1980 ************************************************ 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: Maureen Cross mcross3454@gmai.com August 28, 2021, 4:29 pm Lake O Wave - March 6, 1980 BLANCHE E. WILSON LAKE ODESSA -- Blanche E. Wilson, 59, of 7965 Woodland Road, did Sunday morning at her home. Mrs. Wilson was born Sept 17, 1920, in Leciester, North Carolina, the daughter of Pinkney and Effie Nash Smith. She married Robert Wilson May 11, 1940, in Knoxville, Kentucky, and moved to Lake Odessa in 1950. Mrs. Wilson was a member of the Nazarene Church of Lake Odessa, the Order of the Eastern Star Number 315 and the Woodland Eagles Number 3782. She is survived by her husband, Robert, five daughters: Mrs. Gary (Barbara) Haller, Mrs. Flossie Huffman and Mrs. Richard (Flora) Jourdan, all of Lake Odessa, and Mrs. Helen Dillon Pemberton of Ionia and Mrs. Bruce (Irene) Jordan of Grand Rapids; two sons; Lawrence of Lake Odessa and Harold of Nashville; three brothers; Archie, Laney and King Smth, all of Ashville, North Carolina; one sister Mrs. Angle Griggs of Ashville. N. C.; and 18 grandchildren Mrs. Wilson was preceded in death by one son and two daughters. Services will be held today at the Pickens-Koops Funeral Home, with the Rev. Elwyn Dietrick officiating. Burial will be held at Lakeside Cemetery. A fund has been established for both the cancer and heart fund. Envelopes will be available at the chapel. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/wilson40814nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb