Bay-Alpena-Berrien County MI Archives Obituaries.....Metzgar, Gilbert R. March 19, 1981 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Marie Middleton amidd67@chartermi.net February 7, 2007, 12:01 pm Alpena News, Alpena, Michigan 3/20/1981 Gilbert R. Metzgar, 68, of 11149 US-23-S, Ossineke, was pronounced dead on arrival at Alpena Hospital Thursday (March 19) at 6:50 p.m. Mr. Metzgar was born March 6, 1913 in Galien, Mich., and moved to Alpena from Bay City 13 years ago. He married Clara Aldrich Jan. 22, 1955 in Freeland. Mr. Metzgar was self-employed as an insurance salesman and was semi-retired. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Alpena. Surviving are his wife, Clara: one son, Roger, of Houston, Texas; one daughter, Sandra (Mrs. Dale) Hecht of Saginaw; eight grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Catherine Little of Kalkaska; and two sisters, Ernestine (Mrs. Dewey) Coutts of Delaware, Ohio and Dorothy (Mrs. Garfield) Weldon of Tampa, Fla. A daughter, Mona, preceded him in death Sept. 1, 1977. Mr. Metzgar's body is at the Wachterhauser Funeral Home, where friends may call after noon Saturday. The entire funeral service will be at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Sunday, the Rev. Sanford Wright officiating. Interment: Garfield Township Cemetery, Pinconning. Memorials: First Presbyterian Church memorial fund or Michigan Heart Association. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/bay/obits/m/metzgar1812gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb