Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Witzel, John Howard 1981 ************************************************ 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 20, 2013, 8:18 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, March 19, 1981 John Howard Witzel, 83, of 422 Morse street, Ionia, died this morning at his residence. He was born May 11, 1897 in Ionia the son of John and Emma Witzel. He was a veteran of both world wars. He was a retired supervisor of the San Diego Zoo, retiring in 1967. He was married to Irene Holcomb in November 1943. She preceded him in death October 1967. He is survived by a stepson, Verl Ferris of Webberville, Mich.; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Virginia Evitts of Ashley, Mich., Mrs. Elaine Ketner of Ionia, Mrs. Anita Bissell of Pewamo, and Mrs. Joane Smith of Charleston Heights, South Carolina; one brother George of Ionia; 22 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. from Hull Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Ronald Dow of the First Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in Muir Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/witzel20443nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb