Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Durkee, Lula M. May 29, 1973 ************************************************ 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 mlnransom@chartermi.net May 27, 2010, 7:20 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, May 30, 1973 Mrs. Lula M. Durkee, 75, of Lake City, and a former Portland resident, died Tuesday at Mercy hospital in Cadillac after she reportedly suffered a heart attack. Born in Cedar Springs September 22, 1897, she was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Avery. She was a life-long member of the Portland Order of Eastern Star but she and her husband moved to Lake City about 11 years ago. Surviving are her husband, F. Hope Durkee, a brother, Fred Avery of Sagola; two sisters, Mrs. Beatrice Cotton of Ellinwood, Kansas, and Mrs. Alice Smith of Portland. The body is at Neller Funeral home where services are planned for 1:30 p.m. June 1, the Rev. Maurice Christenson of Portland Baptist church officiating. Burial will be in Portland cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/d/durkee4773nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb