Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wortman, Nellie L. May 28, 1963 ************************************************ 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: Suanne Tasker stasker@cmsinter.net July 17, 2013, 11:34 am Ioina Daily Sentinel-Standard, Wed., May 29, 1963 Nellie L. Wortman, 84, of 931 West Main street, retired school teacher died at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening at an Ionia rest home. She was born Jun 17, 1878 in Palo, the daughter of Charles E. and Lydia Wortman, and had resided in Ionia since 1945. A school teacher for many years, Miss Wortman taught in Bryan Ohio five years and received her MA degree from University of Michigan in 1907. She taught 28 years at Stadium high school in Tacoma Wash, where she became head of the deparment of foreign language. She returned to Michigan in 1945 and resided with her sister, Bernice, now deceased. Survivors include a brother; John N. Wortman of Northville; two nieces and one cousin. Funeral service will be held at Boyton funeral home Friday at 2 p.m. the Rev. Wilfred G. Sawyler, pastor of First Presbyterian church, will officiate and interment will be at Palo cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/wortman21660nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb