Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....MERCER, JOSIE B. March 25, 1987 ************************************************ 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: Thomas Ladner tomdladner@yahoo.com April 24, 2008, 2:52 pm Gladwin County Record dated 04-01/1987 Column - 3 Page - 2 Mrs. Josie B. Mercer, 87, of 2347 Dale Rd., Beaverton, died Wednesday, March 25, in the Clare Nursing Home after a long illness. Born in Paulding County, Ohio, Aug. 21, 1899, she had spent her lifetime in Gladwin County. She was a member of the Beaverton United Methodist Church. The former Josie Kintner, she was married to Vernon Mercer Sept. 13, 1919, in Clare. He preceded her in death Feb. 17, 1959. Surviving are 2 sons, William and James of Beaverton; 5 daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Baldwin of Bay City, Mrs. Dola Kleinhardt of Clare, Mrs. Donald (Mary Ellen) Brown of Midland, Mrs. Jerry (Barbara) Sharp of Beaverton and Mrs. Charles (Coralie) Cassiday of Thonotossa, Fla.; 2 sisters, Mrs. Bertha Miller of Luzerne and Mrs. Edna Diem of Gladwin; 24 grandchildren and 44 great grandchildren. A daughter, Betty Sutherland, died in November 1950. Services were held Friday at 1 p.m. from the Hall Funeral Home, Beaverton Chapel. The Rev. Janet Larner officiated and burial was in Dale Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/gladwin/obits/m/mercer3618gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb