Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lower, Esther C. (Garms) October 26, 1995 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com December 20, 2013, 1:27 pm Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Mon. Oct. 30, 1995 IONIA- Esther C. Lower, 89, of Ionia died Thursday, Oct. 26, 1995 at the Ionia Manor. She was born Oct. 11, 1906 in Ionia, the daughter of Otto and Martha (Miller) Grams. She married James D. Lower on June 12, 1926 at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Ionia, of which she was a lifetime. She is survived by so Raymond Lower, of Ionia; sisters; Clara Purdy and Edna Culp, both of Lansing; grandchildren: Matthew, Lisa and Denise; six great- grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Her husband, James D. Lower, preceded her in death in February 1975. A memorial service will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at St. Johns Lutheran church in Ionia with Rev. Joseph Fremer officiating. Donations to the St. Johns Lutheran School would be preferred to flowers. Arrangements have been made by the Lake Funeral Home in Saranac. Additional Comments: Sunset Memorial Gardens File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/l/lower23372nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb