Marion Ivan Hunt Obituary

Published in Jackson Citizen Patriot on May 1, 2011
 
M. Ivan Hunt, age 95, of Tipton, passed away April 28, 2011
at Lenawee Medical Care Facility. Ivan was born February 22,
1916 in Tecumseh, Michigan the son of Don and Marion
(Dickinson) Hunt. He graduated from Tecumseh High School and
Lenawee County Normal College. On June 13, 1937 he married
Elilene Allen and they celebrated 50 years of marriage
before her passing in 1987. Ivan taught in several one room
schools before starting to work in Agricultural Sales with
Farm Bureau in Saginaw. He was an entrepreneur, two of his
projects were the Log Cabins on Evans Lake and building and
operating Frontier City Amusement Park in the Irish Hills. A
man of many interests he developed, manufactured and sold
Versatile wood burning furnaces and boilers, was very active
in the Antique Tractor and Engine Club on Forrester Road,
past presidents of the Lenawee County Farm Bureau, and the
Onsted Kiwanis and a member of the Sons of the American
Revolution. He enjoyed many family outings at the family
property at Fife Lake, Michigan. The last year of his life
he spent at the Lenawee Medical Care Facility, Killarney
Hall where he received the love and outstanding care from
residents and staff to which the family extends a special
thank you. Ivan is survived by his sons, Leon Ivan (Carol)
Hunt of Grass Lake and Allen (Virginia) Hunt of Onsted;
grandchildren, Shelly (David) Allard of Leslie, Cory (Staci)
Hunt of Napoleon, Aaron (Amy) Hunt of Tecumseh, Jason ( Teri
Sue) Hunt of Onsted and Chris (Kyle) Hunt of Onsted; 14
great-grandchildren; sister, Florence Miller of Tecumseh and
second wife, Juanita Becker Hunt. In addition to his first
wife, Elilene, he was preceded in death by his sisters,
Corleone Hunt Claudy and Charlotte Wright. Visitation for
Ivan will be 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 3,
2011 at the J. Gilbert Purse Funeral Home, Tecumseh. At
Ivan's request, a private family graveside and interment of
cremains will take place in Tipton Cemetery at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to
the Antique Tractor Club, Onsted Community School
Educational Foundation or the Lenawee Medical Care Facility.
Condolences to the family may be made online at
www.pursefuneralhome.com. www.Mlive.com/obits