Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Augst, Gerald "Scotty" December 2, 1977 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net October 27, 2022, 5:15 pm Lake Odessa Wave - Thurs.December 8, 1977 Gerald Augst Passes Away Gerald "Scotty" Augst, age 62, of 6843 Vedder Road, Lake Odessa, passed away Friday December 2, 1977 at the Community Hospital, New Port Richie, Florida where he had been a patient since Wednesday. He was born February 6, 1915 in Lake Odessa, the son of Leon and Ethel (Richardson) Augst and graduated from Lake Odessa High School in 1934. Mr.Augst married Rose Cook November 2, 1935 in Angola, Indiana. He was a lifelong resident of the Lake Odessa area and spent the last six winters at his winter home in Springhill, Florida, He was a veteran of WW II and was employed at Fisher Body in Lansing, retiring in 1969 due to disability. He is survived by his wife, Rose; three sons, Ernest of Decatur, Vaughn of Mattawan, and Owen of Round Hill, Virginia; two daughters, Mrs.George (Geraldine) Winsley, Mrs.Michael (Bonnie) Rockafellow of Warsaw, Ind.; (Margaret) Jackson of Lansing; one brother, Leonard Augst of Reed City; and 18 grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Pickens-Koops Funeral Chapel, Lake Odessa. Rev. George Speas and Rev. Michael Rockafellow officiated with interment in Lakeside Cemetery. Additional Comments: Lakeside Cem.#7-E599-3 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/a/augst44234nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb