BANGOR – John P. Balzer, Sr., 82, died Sunday at Ridgeview Manor nursing home, Kalamazoo. He was the father of John P. Balzer, Jr., principal of Bangor High School.
Survivors include his wife, the former Anna Siemens; a daughter, Miss Bernice Balzer, Nigeria, Africa; three sons, John P., Jr., Bangor, Rubin, Pleasant Hill, Calif., Elsworth, Liberia, Africa; two brothers, Abe, Mountain Lake, Minn., Albert, Africa; and three sisters, Mrs. Maria Wiens, Reedley, Calif., Miss Sara and Miss Susie Balzer, both of Mountain Lake, Minn.
He was a member of Bethel Baptist church, Kalamazoo.
Visitation at McKane funeral home, Bangor, will be this evening. Visitation on Tuesday will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Bethel Baptist church, Kalamazoo. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, at 10 a.m., at Arlington Hill cemetery, Bangor.
Memorials may be made to Mission Radio Station, Liberia, Africa, in the care of the funeral home or John Balzer, Jr.
Herald Palladium 31 Mar 1875
BANGOR – John P. Balzer, Sr., 82, died Sunday at Ridgeview Manor nursing home, Kalamazoo. He was the father of John P. Balzer, Jr., principal of Bangor High School.
Survivors include his wife, the former Anna Siemens; a daughter, Miss Bernice Balzer, Nigeria, Africa; three sons, John P., Jr., Bangor, Rubin, Pleasant Hill, Calif., Elsworth, Liberia, Africa; two brothers, Abe, Mountain Lake, Minn., Albert, Africa; and three sisters, Mrs. Maria Wiens, Reedley, Calif., Miss Sara and Miss Susie Balzer, both of Mountain Lake, Minn.
He was a member of Bethel Baptist church, Kalamazoo.
Visitation at McKane funeral home, Bangor, will be this evening. Visitation on Tuesday will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Bethel Baptist church, Kalamazoo. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, at 10 a.m., at Arlington Hill cemetery, Bangor.
Memorials may be made to Mission Radio Station, Liberia, Africa, in the care of the funeral home or John Balzer, Jr.
Herald Palladium 31 Mar 1875
Family Members
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Katharina "Katie" Balzer
1890–1974
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Heinrich P. "Henry" Balzer
1894–1939
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Peter W. Balzer
1896–1971
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Maria Bertha "Marie" Balzer Wiens
1897–1975
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Abraham Balzer
1899–1899
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Sara H. Balzer
1899–1986
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Jacob Peter Balzer
1900–1973
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Abraham Peter Balzer
1902–1982
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David N. Balzer
1904–1971
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Isaac E. Balzer
1904–1954
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Susanna "Susie" Balzer
1907–1999
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Albert William Balzer
1909–2000
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