Charlevoix County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Gebeau, William B. (Bud)  And Virginia L. 
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Cemetery:           Brookside Cemetery
Name:               William B. (Bud)  And Virginia L. Gebeau

Date Of Photograph: August 28, 2012
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Virginia L.
1916 - 2011

William B.
1919- 1986








Virginia L. Gebeau OBITUARY

Virginia L. Gebeau: Jan. 28, 1916 - Nov. 13, 2011
Funeral services for Virginia L. Gebeau, 95, of Charlevoix, will be 11 a.m., 
Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Winchester Funeral Home in Charlevoix. The Rev. 
Gregory Culver of the Charlevoix United Methodist Church will officiate, and 
burial will follow at Brookside Cemetery in Charlevoix. Visitation will be 3-6 
p.m., Tuesday Nov. 15, at the funeral home followed by an Order of the Eastern 
Star memorial service conducted by Chapter 72, Charlevoix.

Mrs. Gebeau passed away Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011, at her daughter's home in Edmore.
Born in Charlevoix, Jan. 28, 1916, to Walter and Ella (Match-ett) Taylor, she 
graduated from Charlevoix High School in 1933.
After high school, Virginia worked at District Health Department #3 in 
Charlevoix, then at the Michigan Department of Public Health in Lansing as a 
medical secretary.
Virginia married William 'Bud" Gebeau Jan. 7, 1943, in Lansing. In 1983, Bud 
retired as hospital administrator of the Rogers City Hospital, and they returned
to Charlevoix to make their home.
Virginia was a member of the Charlevoix United Methodist Church, and its Mary 
Jean Tennant Circle; the Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 72; AARP; and life 
member of the Charlevoix Hospital Auxiliary. She volunteered at the Charlevoix 
Area Hospital gift shop, the Rainbow Shoppe, and Charlevoix Senior Center.
Virginia is survived by her daughter, Sherri Miel and her husband, Larry Greer; 
grandson, Erik (Jennica) Miel and their daughters, Kristy and Erin of Cape 
Coral, Fla.; granddaughter, Christine (Billy) Miel and future grandson of Six 
Lakes; sisters, Dorothea Kelley and Elaine Martin of Charlevoix; nephews, Kim 
Kelley, C.T. Martin and Kevin Martin.
Virginia was preceded in death by her husband, Bud. on Oct. 19, 1986; and 
great-granddaughter, Ella Marie.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice, 
Fremont, MI 49412.



William Gebeau OBITUARY

William "Bud" Gebeau
Funeral services for William "Bud" Gebeau, 66, will be held at the Winchester 
Funeral Home at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. David W. Yingling of the United 

Methodist Church will officiate. Interment will be in Brookside Cemetery.
Mr. Gebeau died Sunday, Oct. 19, at the Charlevoix Area Hospital.
Born in Charlevoix Dec. 26, 1919, to Harry and Alice (Gordon) Gebeau, he 
graduated from Charlevoix High School in 1939. On Jan. 7,1943, he married the 
former Virginia L. Taylor in Lansing. During World War II he served with the
U.S. Army from 1942-1946 having served in the European Theatre. He graduated
from Lansing Business University with a degree in accounting and was employed as
business manager at the Midland Hospital for the next eight years.
He then became assistant administrator at the Central Michigan Community 
Hospital in Mt. Pleasant for two years before being named administrator at the 
Rogers City Hospital in 1957, a position he filled until retiring in June 1982.
The following year they returned to Charlevoix to make their home.
Gebeau served on numerous committees, among them Governor Milliken's 
Statewide Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council. He was a member of 
the American College of Hospital Administrators and the American College of 
Nursing Home Administrators. He had also done graduate work in hospital 
administration at the University of Houston.
An avid golfer, Gebeau enjoyed living near the Charlevoix Municipal Golf 
Course.
He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Charlevoix; member and 
past master of the Rogers City Lodge No. 493, F. & A.M., held dual membership 
in both the Rogers City and Charlevoix Lodge No. 228 F. & A.M., member of the 
Consistory in Bay City, member and past patron of the Rogers City Chapter No. 
501, Order of the Eastern Star, member of the Charlevoix Area Hospital Guild as 
a volunteer switchboard operator, Charlevoix City Golf Course Men's League, 
American Association of Retired Persons and president of the Chez Charlevoix 
Condominium Association.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia; a son-in-law and daughter, Keith and Sheri
Miel and two grandchildren, Erik and Christine Miel, all of Edmore.
The family sugggests memorials to the Charlevoix Area Hospital, Charlevoix 
United Methodist Church or the Rogers City Hospital. Envelopes for this purpose
are available at the Winchester Funeral Home.

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