Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Witzel, Irene B. (Holcomb) 1977 ************************************************ 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 July 14, 2017, 7:07 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 1 Nov 1977 Irene B. Witzel, 73, of 222 East Main, Ionia, died Monday morning at a Grand Rapids hospital following a long illness. She was born May 11, 1904 in Ionia, the daughter of Earl and Anna Holcomb. She attended Ionia public schools and married John Witzel November 20, 1943 in Ionia. Mrs. Witzel was a retired employe of Fisher Body in Lansing and a member of the Ionia congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. One daughter, Marilyn, preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband; one son, Verl Ferris of Webberville; four daughters Mrs. Virginia Evitts of Ashley, Mrs. Elaine Ketner of Ionia, Mrs. Anita Bissell of Pewamo and Mrs. Joanne Smith of Charleston Heights, South Carolina; two sisters Mrs. Erma Becker of Olivet and Mrs. Alice Lowery of Muir; 22 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. Services are Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Hull Memorial chapel with Leon Ellsworth of Kingdom Hall, Ionia officiating. Burial is in Muir cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/witzel6668gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb