Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....TARZWELL, GLADYS A. June 1, 2000
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Gladwin County Record dated 06-07/2000 Column - 3 Page - 2 
Gladys A. Tarzwell, 96, of Beaverton, died Thursday, June 1, 2000 at Stratford 
Village Nursing Home of Midland. Born Oct. 5, 1903, in Bay City, she was the 
daughter of Arthur and Effie Eyre. Gladys married Benjamin F. Tarzwell, June 
10, 1925 in Bay City. He preceded her in death Feb. 26, 1973. 
   Gladys and Ben moved to Beaverton in 1945 and owned and operated the 
Beaverton IGA store until 1952 when they moved to Edenville and operated the 
Edenville IGA store until 1954. Gladys worked for Knepp’s clothing store in 
downtown Midland in the late 1950s to 1966. Upon retirement she moved, with 
her husband, to Houghton Lake where they made a home for several years. After 
her husband’s death, she moved into Beaverton Manor where she lived until 
October 1999, when she entered Stratford Village. 
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Beaverton and a 
lifetime member of the Beaverton Eastern Stars. Gladys loved to bowl, work in 
her flower garden, play cards and drive her car. 
   Surviving are one son, Robert and wife Billie of Beaverton; one daughter, 
Mary Lou and husband Millard Kent of Midland; five grandchildren, Randy, 
Rodney, and Scott Tarzwell, and Jennifer Kent-Bryant and Carter Kent; eight 
great-grandchildren, Steven, Sara, Nicolas and Andrea Tarzwell, Jordon, 
Haleigh and Benjamin Kent-Bryant, and Shea Kent; and one brother, Merle Eyre 
of Bay City. She was preceded in death by twins, a son and daughter; three 
brothers, Floyd, Kenneth, and Alvin; and one sister, Helen, all of Bay City. 
   Services were held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Hall Funeral Home, Beaverton, 
with Rev. David Stewart officiating. Burial was in Dale Cemetery, Beaverton. 
Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church of 
Beaverton. 

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