Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Yaw, Joyce Louise 2014 ************************************************ 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 mransom311@gmail.com July 15, 2015, 2:24 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, March 20, 2014 Joyce Louise Yaw, 85, of Saranac passed away March 18, 2014, in Belding. She was born May 21, 1928, in Lyons, Mich., the daughter of Howard and Ida (Witmar) Stiles. Joyce married Dee Yaw June 22, 1946, in Sheridan. He preceded her in death May 9, 2013. She graduated from Ionia High School class of 1946. Joyce was a member of VFW Auxiliary Sheridan Post. She worked as a playground attendant for many years at Saranac Public Schools and she enjoyed playing slot machines. She loved spending time with her family, especially with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Joyce is survived by her children, Michael (Jill) Yaw of Saranac, Steven (Jan) Yaw of Saranac, Karen (Don) Badge of Sheridan, Kimball Yaw of Lake Odessa, Pat (Ron) Gordon of Sheridan, Debra (Allen) Blundy of Saranac and Anita (Tim) Hotchkiss of Saranac; brothers, Charles (Janice) Stiles of Ionia and Dale (Carol) Stiles of Ionia; sister, Patricia (Lyle) Stalter of Clarksville, sister- in-law, Norma Yaw of Sheridan; and 24 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brother Howard Jr.; sister Jean Ann; son Gary; daughter Linda; and granddaughter Jessica. A memorial service will be held 4 p.m. Saturday at Galilee Baptist Church in Saranac with Pastor Andy Mooren and Pastor Jim VanDewarker officiating. Visitation Friday 2-6 p.m. at Lake Funeral Home in Saranac. Memorial contributions may be made to Saranac Community Schools-Track Team. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/y/yaw31421nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb