Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hood, James O. 2009
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, March 26, 2009

James O. Hood, age 73, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. He was born 
on August 29, 1935 in Ionia the son of Oliver and Mary (Marlett) Hood. 

Jim was a graduate of Ionia High School and received his bachelor’s degree 
from Michigan State University. While in college, he was a member of the SAE 
fraternity and was involved in the Army ROTC program there. After graduation 
he was stationed at Ft. Bliss, Texas. He served as President of the Ionia Coca 
Cola Bottling Co. /Hood-Stout Inc. for many years. Jim was very active in the 
community and his memberships included, the Ionia County Memorial Hospital 
Board where he served as Board Chair and Treasurer, and was also elected to 
the Ionia City Council. He was a member of the Ionia Elks Lodge and is a Past 
Exalted Ruler, was a past president of the Ionia High School Alumni 
Association, and was a devout member of the First Presbyterian Church of 
Ionia. He was a big supporter and fan of MSU athletics, and loved to golf and 
bowl. 

He was preceded in death by his parents and step daughter, Kaci Renucci. 
Surviving are his 2 children from a previous marriage, Frederick J. Hood of 
Lansing and Marcia L. Harrison of Tallahassee, Florida; wife, Linda 
(Swinehart) of Ionia; step children, Kelly Renucci of Ionia, Karen (David) 
Halliday of Dewitt, and Kristine (Clint) Clemens of Ionia; 2 grandchildren, 
Adam Robert Harrison of Tallahassee, Florida and Whitney Marie Harrison of 
Orlando, Florida; 5 step grandchildren, Frankie Spratto, Stephanie, Stacey, 
and Jaime Sayers, and Jordan Renucci; siblings, Sandy Fischer of Sebastian, 
Florida, Judy (Ron) Rozeboom of Ionia, and Larry (Pam) Hood of Ocala, Florida; 
several nieces, nephews and great grandchildren. 

The Funeral Service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 28, 2009 at the 
First Presbyterian Church of Ionia, 125 E. Main Street, Ionia. Private Family 
Interment will take place at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Ionia. The family will 
receive friends at the First Presbyterian Church of Ionia from 4-8 p.m. 
Friday. For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the Ionia 
County Memorial Hospital Foundation where a leaf will be purchased in Mr. 
Hood’s memory as well as the First Presbyterian Church of Ionia. Arrangements 
are entrusted to the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Homes, Ionia.


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