Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Yager, Wendell E. March 28, 2017
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Ionia Sentinel Standard-Fri. March 31, 2017

WENDELL E. YAGER
Wendell E. Yager, 80 years old, of Ionia, was called by God to His heavenly 
home to forever be with his Lord and Savior on March 28, 2017.

He was born on May 12, 1936, on the family farm in lake Odessa to Theo and 
Elaine Yager. He went to Lake Odessa High School where he graduated in 1954. 
He went into the Air Force in December 1954 and was a crew chief on the F-89. 
He met and married Bonnie Lou Lance on June 16, 1957. He and Bonnie had a 
very happy marriage with God at the center of it. They had three children, 
Scott W. Yager (Jackie), Glenda Jean Gorby (David) and Darla Dee Minard 
(Scott).

Wendell is survived by all of his children and their spouses; 11 
grandchildren, Joshua Rinckey (Casey), Tracy Pick (Andrew), Alicia Wendt 
(Brent), Katie Westover (Andrew), Scott Minard II (Ashley), Alexis Thacker 
(David), Casie Gerstein (Noah), Greann Burns (Bill), Leann Morgan (Shawn), 
Becky Jones (Bill), Jessica Wyman (Jonathon); his wife of almost 60 years and 
22 great-grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were his parents, Theo and Elaine Yager of Lake 
Odessa; a brother Duane (Buck) Yager; two sister-in-law, Shirley Yager and 
Kay Yager; in-laws, Frank and Maxine Lance; brother-in-law, Roger Lance and 
several good buddies.

After the Air Force, wendell worked at several jobs until he went to work at 
the Michigan Reformatory where he retired from. He established his own 
radiator shop business at his home. He was saved as a boy of 9 at Sebewa 
Baptist Church in lake Odessa.He and Bonnie were members for 55 years at 
Lincoln Avenue Baptist Church in Ionia, where he served as Deacon for 50 
years. He was happiest when helping someone. Surely a man of God walked among 
us. He developed Alzheimer's disease in the 90's which devastated his family 
and with God's help they kept him home with the help of hospice.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Friday, March 31, at Lincoln Ave. Baptist 
Church with Pastor David Iseminger II along with his father Pastor David 
Iseminger officiating. Interment at Tuttle cemetery Visitation will be 
Thursday 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at Lake Funeral Home in Ionia. Memorial 
contributions may be made to Lincoln Ave. Baptist church or Hospice of Ionia. 
Online condolences may be made at www.lakefuneralhomes.com

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