Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....FORTNER, MARY RUTH May 22, 1988
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Gladwin County Record dated 05-25/1988 Column - 3 Page - 2
Mrs. Mary Ruth Fortner, 76, of 221 Lakeview Dr., Gladwin, died Sunday, May 22, 
in the Gladwin Area Hospital after a long illness. Born in Beaverton, Jan. 20, 
1912, she had spent her lifetime in the county. Mrs. Fortner was a graduate of 
Central Michigan University. She retired after teaching 32 years in the 
Gladwin, Beaverton, Farwell and Sanford-Meridan schools. She was a member of 
the Gladwin United Methodist Church. The former Mary Paxton, she was married 
to Joseph Fortner, Aug. 10, 1940, in Gladwin.
   Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, Dennis of Flint; one 
daughter, Jane Baumann of Remus; 3 brothers, Doyle of Gladwin, C.D. (Dee) and 
C.W. (Dub) of Denver, Colo.; 4 sisters, Doris Kigar and Viola Lennon of 
Gladwin, Zella Alerander of Davison and Mildred Knight of Flint; 6 
grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by 4 
brothers and 2 sisters.
   Services were held today, Wednesday, at 11 a.m. from the Hall Funeral Home, 
Gladwin Chapel. The Rev. Joel Hurley officiated and burial was in the 
Beaverton Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the United Methodist Church. 

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