Birth date: Jul 1, 1930 Death date: Dec 18, 2015
Mr. Kenneth L. Pontius, age 85, passed away Friday evening, December 18, 2015, at his home. He was born July 1, 1930 in Muskegon to Frank J. and Clara M. (Lamphier) Pontius and had been a life resident of the area. Ken was a four Read Obituary
RIP Uncle Ken...you will be greatly missed. I am unable to attend the funeral as I have a cold and don't want the elderly and immune compensated relatives to get sick because of me. Glad to hear that you are not only not suffering anymore but that you are safe with our savior and that you once again get to meet up with Marcia and worship with her. RIP and we will all meet up when the time comes. Love you and will miss you. Donna (Teunis) Rosenthal
Worked with Ken at Sealed Power for 20 years. Was always a professional and a class person.
Mark Signor
We would like to express our sympathy to the family of Ken. He was a very dedicated man & he worked hard for the cadet program. The church will be missing a wonderful man but heaven has gained another eternal member.
I first met Ken at church when my brother introduced us. I was 8 years old and I was going to finally be able to join Cadets in September of 1973. I heard only great things about Cadets. Once I joined I really got to know Ken and the other counselors. I am a Christian today because of Ken.
I never really knew how much Ken did for Cadets until I was about 15. I sort of followed Ken around as he worked outside of Cadets and doing all of the behind the works stuff that Cadets needed. I thought it was 2 hours a week every Thursday night, but it was so much more than that. Pizza sales, Tom-Wat, weekend camping trips, week long summer camping and serving at Cadets headquarters in Grand Rapids just to name a few. Cadets at Calvin Christian Reformed Church would not have existed if it weren’t for the dedication that Ken had towards Cadets. I know there were other counselors that were there also, but Cadets was Ken through and through.
I cannot thank him and his family enough. Ken’s family allowed him to serve Cadets and because of that MANY adults are Christians today because of the work Ken did when they were kids.
Mike Henry
