Muskegon-Newaygo-Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Irwin, Sylvia May December 4, 1956 ************************************************ 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: Bridget Smith bridgetsmith@ameritech.net July 5, 2007, 3:59 pm Muskegon Chronicle, 4 December 1956 Mrs. Pickel, Here 35 Years, Dies at Age 77 Mrs. Sylvia May Pickel, 2791 S. Mill Iron Road, Fruitport Township, a Muskegon resident 35 years, died at Hackley Hospital today following a long illness. She was 77 years old. Born in Pierson, Jan. 22, 1879, the former Sylvia May Irwin, was educated there and in 1896, she married Donald Frank Pickel in Woodville. The couple later moved to Mancelona where they lived for several years before moving to Muskegon in 1921. Preceded in death by her husband in 1934, she leaves four sons, James E. Pickel of Garden City, Ernest L. Pickel of South Bridge, Mass., Russell K. Pickel and Donald F. Pickel, both of Muskegon; two daughters, Mrs. Eva Strait of Fremont and Mrs. William Russell of Ravenna; five sisters, Mrs. Maude Beckner of Houghton Lake, Mrs. Nettie DeWeese of Inkster, Mrs. Judy Staffen of Morley, Mrs. Pearl Dewurtson of Grand Rapids, and Mrs. Rose Bates of Hazel Park; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/muskegon/obits/i/irwin1981gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb