Dannie J. BROVONT
(son of Joseph BROVONT and Susannah PRICE),
b. 8-Jan-1895, d. 21-Sep-1980,
buried: Lakeside Cem., Lake Odessa, MI.
m. (1) 18 Jun 1915 in Ionia, Ionia Co., MI, to Grace Pauline STADEL GAVIT,
(daughter of Johann Gottlieb (Godfrey) STADEL and Susan W. BARKER)
b. 17-Oct-1890, d. 6-Aug-1945,
buried: 8-Aug-1945, Sunfield Cem., Sunfield Twp., Eaton Co., MI;
m. (2) 1-Jun-1947, to Cora Begrow KNAPP, b. 14-Nov-1898, d. 7-Jun-1992,
Wyoming, Kent Co., MI.
(Grace Pauline STADEL was married before to an unkown GAVIT)
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In the 1920 census for Campbell Twp., Ionia Co., MI, roll 772, book 2, page 90a, 72/72:
(living next to Benjamin Brovont, his uncle; Joseph Brovont, his father, is on the next page)
Brovont, Daniel, head, m, w, 25yr, married, OH, OH, OH
Brovont, Grace, wife, f, w, 29yr, married, MI, Germany, MI
Brovont, Kenneth, son, m, w, 13yr, single, MI, OH, MI
Brovont, Maddlena?, daughter, f, w, 10yr, single, MI, OH, MI
Brovont, Arlene, daughter, f, w, 8yr, single, MI, OH, MI
In the 1930 census for Campbell Twp., Ionia Co., MI, page 272 (same page as Benjamine Brovont):
251/256 Brovont, Daniel J., head, owner, m, w, 35, married, IN, US, US
Brovont, Grace, wife, f, w, 39, married, MI, Germany, MI
Moorhouse, Arlene, step-daughter, f, w, 18, divorced, MI, MI, MI
Moorhouse, Paul, grandson, m, w, 10/12, single, MI, MI, MI
Obit for Dannie J. Brovont posted on net by Jan Sedore am0773@a1access.net:
The Sunfield Sentinel
Thursday September 24, 1980
Dannie J. Brovont, 85, of 1059 Emerson, Lake Odessa passed away Sept. 21, 1980
at Kent Community Hospital, Grand Rapids following an extended illness.
He was born Jan. 8, 1895 in Indiana, the son of Joseph and Susan Brovont.
He attended Indiana and Ionia County rural schools.
Mr. Brovont married Grace Stadel, who preceeded him in death in 1945 and
he later married Cora (Begerow) Knapp on June 1, 1947 and later lived in Greenville.
For a number of years Mr., Brovont worked for the Sunfield Farmers Elevator
and lived in Sunfield in the Halladay district. He was a farmer and custom thrasher.
He was a member of the Ionia County Farm Bureau.
Later in life he lived in the Lake Odessa area.
He is survived by his wife, Cora; four stepchildren; several step-grandchildren
and one step great-grandchild and nieces and nephews.
Services were held Sept. 23, from the Pickens-Koop Funeral Chapel
in Lake Odessa. The Rev. James Hulett officiated at the 2pm rites.
Interment was at Lakeside Cemetery in Lake Odessa.
"Lake Odessa Wave-Times," Thursday, Sept. 8, 1938
BADLY INJURED BY A FALL DOWN CELLAR
Mrs. Dan J. Brovont, formerly of Lake Odessa vicinity but now of
Sunfield, fell down the cellar stairs at her home and received a bad
injury in the head so that 100 stitches were needed to close the
wounds. She received other minor bruises and cuts.
She was taken to St. Lawrence Hospital in Lansing where she was cared
for. She is gaining nicely now.
It's surprising the number of accidents that occur in people's homes.
MRS. DAN BROVONT, 54, DIED NEAR SUNFIELD MONDAY
Mrs. Danny Brovont, 54, passed away Monday morning after an illness of
several weeks. She with her husband had lived near Sunfield for the
past five or six years, moving there from Campbell township where they
had previously resided a number of years.
She is survived by her husband, three children, Mrs. Fay Jackson of
Mulliken, Mrs. Leo Wilson (sic) at Sunfield, and Kenneth Gavit, near
Lansing, and 10 grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers, Warren
Stadel at Charlotte and Shirley Stadel at Mulliken, and two sisters,
Mrs. Ira Hulliberger in Lake Odessa, and Mrs. Lura Beard [sic] in Lansing.
Funeral services were held at the Mapes funeral home in Sunfield,
Wednesday afternoon with the Rev. Roy McRoberts officiating.
[Obituary from scrapbook made by Ketha Brovont, now in possession of
Essalie Titus, Winona Lake, IN, copied 1990 by Debra Eddy]
Children by Grace Stadel:
I. Kenneth BROVONT, b. living.
II. Maddlena BROVONT, b. living.
III. Arlene BROVONT, b. living.
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