Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wingeier, Eva May (Velzy) 2002 ************************************************ 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 December 18, 2009, 2:12 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 13 Apr 2002 May Wingeier, 103, of Fenwick died Fri., April 12, 2002 at United Memorial Health Center Long Term Care in Greenville. The former Eva May Velzy was born Jan. 4, 1899, the daughter of Archibald and Emily Velzy in Grandville. She spent her childhood in Grandville, Richmond Va. (1907-1911) and Lowell, where she graduated from high school in 1917. She taught in Vergennes and Lowell Townships, Kent County, after attending summer sessions at Michigan State Normal School, now Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. She also operated a dressmaking shop in Grand Rapids prior to her marriage April 6, 1921 to Carl L. Wingeier of Lowell. He preceded her in death on Jan. 13, 1974. The couple are survived by her four daughters, Ardith Westie of Mt. Pleasant, Carmen (Kenneth) Kistner of Largo, Fla., Janice (James) Bussard of Spring Lake and Carol (Christian) Harder of Fenwick; 18 grandchildren; 43 great- grandchildren; and four great, great-grandchildren. Mrs. Wingeier was a member of the Palo United Methodist Church since 1928 where she taught church school, acted as organist for 10 years and was a member of the United Methodist Women. She was a district secretary of Christian social relations for the UMW, 1948-50. In earlier years, she was active in Ronald Center PTA and the Palo Modern Method Club. She was a regular exhibitor in the Ionia Free Fair culinary department for many years, winning many prizes for her cakes. She entered ten varieties at the Michigan State Fair in Detroit, baking the grand championship cake in 1930, for which she was awarded the Gov. Fred W. Green trophy, a silver plate. Gov. Green, a longtime Ionia resident, was in office then. She enjoyed gardening, an influence of her English mother, Emily (Webb) Velzy, a native of London. Her grandfather, Milton Velzy, was a Civil War Veteran of the Battle Antietam. Injury in that battle resulted in his appointment as postmaster of Grandville, where he was an early settler. As was often the case with farmers remote from fire protection, the Wingeiers suffered loss by fire, first of the large farmhouse in Ronald Township in March 1929 and later of two barns in November 1941. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Monday from Greenville First United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Harry R. Johnson and Rev. Connie Shatz officiating. Burial will be in Palo Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday at Hurst Funeral Home in Greenville. Memorial gifts may be directed to the Palo United Methodist Church or the Greenville First United Methodist Church. Envelopes are available at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/wingeier1738nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb