Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....KITCHEN , MARY LOUISE October 3, 1952
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Gladwin County Record dated 10-08/1952 Column - 3 Page - 1
LONG ILLNESS FATAL TO MRS. KITCHEN

   Mrs. Mary Louise Kitchen, 83, long time resident of Beaverton, passed away 
Friday, Oct. 3 at the Home of her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Force, in 
Flint. She died following a long illness, having been confined to her bed for 
the past 7 1/2 months. The daughter of William and Louisa Bowerman, she was 
born May 7, 1869 at Meaford, Ontario. While very young she came with her 
parents to the states and lived in Isabella county and vicinity, where she 
spent the greater part of her early life. On September 26, 1886 she was 
married to Frank Kitchen at Coleman. A few years later they moved to Gladwin 
county. In 1898 they moved to Beaverton where she has resided since.
   Mrs. Kitchen has been an active member of the Methodist Church for the past 
45 years. She spent much time and effort in the Ladies Aid Society, and other 
activities of the church. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1919; a 
son, Alva, in 1933 and a son Oliver, in 1949. She is survived by three 
children, Leslie Kitchen and Mrs. Sadie Bergman, of Beaverton, and Mrs. Fleda 
Force, of Flint; three grandchildrn; eight great grandchildren; two sisters, 
Mrs. Lydia Baker, of Battle Creek and Mrs. Delia Bays, of Saginaw. Funeral 
services were conducted Sunday from the Methodist Church in Beaverton with her 
pastor, the Rev. Larry Grubaugh officiating. Interment was made in Beaverton 
cemetery.
   Out of town relatives and friends who were here to attend the funeral were: 
Mrs. Thomas Bowerman and sons, Samuel and George, of Lima, Ohio; Mrs Lydia 
Baker and daughter, Edna, of Battle Creek; Ray Stankey, of Detroit; Glenn 
Baker, of Pontiac; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tripp and daughter, of Lansing, Mr. and 
Mrs. Emil Hildebrand, of Saginaw, Mr. and Mrs. John Soule and Mrs. Nellie 
Baumgardner, of Alma, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Force, Mrs. John Scherman, Mr. and 
Mrs. Lawson Hyde, Donna and Delores Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Mack Kitchen, of 
Flint. 

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