Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Compton, Gardner E. 1993
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, August 2, 1993

Gardner E. Compton, 90, of the Fountain View Retirement Village, Grand Rapids, 
formerly of Clarksville, died Saturday at his residence.  He was born April 2, 
1903, in Otisco Township, the son of Henry and Louise Haussermann Compton.  
They moved to Saranac in 1906.  He was married to June Nash in 1925.

He owned and farmed the Nash Centennial Farm in Clarksville, for more than 50 
years.  He was an associate member of the Clarksville Wesleyan Church.  He was 
Justice of the Peace in Clarksville for 25 years; a member of the Lowell 
Masonic Lodge; and active in many community affairs.

He is survived by one sister, Helen Burkert of Tecumseh; and several nieces 
and nephews.  He was preceded in death by one brother, Glen Compton, and two 
sisters, Harriett and Hazel Compton.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Clarksville Wesleyan Church, 
with the Rev. Arthur Ruder officiating.  Burial will be in Clarksville 
Cemetery.  The family will be at the Koops Funeral Chapel, Clarksville, on 
Monday from 7 to 8:30 p.m.


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