Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kenter, Katherine Elizabeth (Heppe) March 15, 2020
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Ionia Sentinel Standard-Sat. June 13, 2020

Katherine Kenter
Katherine Elizabeth Kenter (nee Heppe) died in her home in Orleans, Michigan, 
on March 15, 2020, at the age of 88.

Katherine is survived by her two children, Diane (Chuck) Helmholdt and Wayne 
(Sylvia) Kenter; two grandchildren, Nicholas (Ashley) and Anthony (Mary 
Kate); two great-grandchildren, Rowan and Bradley; and brother and sister-in-
law, Ivan and Lorraine Kenter, Myrtle Schmidt, Lucille Heppe, and Gertrude 
Heppe. She is preceded in death by her husband, Stephen; her brothers, 
Vernon, Adam, Harvey, Robert; and her sister, Mildred.

She was born on January 30, 1932, in Orleans, Michigan, to Henry and 
Elizabeth Heppe. She grew up on a farm and loved animals. She graduated from 
Ionia High School in 1950. Katherine married Stephen Kenter the following 
year in 1951. She worked at the Ionia Sentinel Standard until the birth of 
her daughter. 

Katherine and Steve enjoyed travel and made road trips to California, Alaska, 
and visited many National parks. She raised butterflies and cultivated a 
flower garden. Katherine was skilled at sewing, knitting, crochet, 
embroidery, and needlepoint. Her children remember her as a kind and caring 
mother.

A graveside service will be eld at 1 p.m., Friday, June 10, 2020, at Highland 
Park cemetery, Ionia with Pastor Kenneth Harger, presiding.

In lieu of flowers please snd donation to the Ionia Commission on Aging, 115 
Hudson Street, Ionia, MI, 48846. Arrangements are entrusted to Lehman Funeral 
Homes. Online condolences may be made at lehmanfuneralhomes.com

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