Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Witt, Karl F. 1939 September 18, 1939 ************************************************ 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: Pat Blood pat.blood@gmail.com April 24, 2011, 12:35 pm Ionia Sentinel – Tuesday, 19 September 1939 Karl F. Witt, 89, died Monday afternoon, September 18, after a short illness at the home of his niece, Mrs. William Heitman, 501 Jones Street, where he resided for several years. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Witt, he was born November 22, 1849 at Neuenkin, Germany. He was married April 1, 1876 in Germany to Miss Caroline Pagel who preceded him in death in 1917. He came to the United States in 1894 and made his home then in Ionia where he was employed at the Pere Marquette car shops for a number of years. Mr. Witt was a member of the St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran church and a charter member of the LBM. Funeral services will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Heitman of 501 Jones Street Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. The body will remain at the Stone funeral home until 10 a.m. Wednesday when it will be moved to the Heitman residence. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/witt11534nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb