Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Contreras, Gabriel "Joe" April 7, 1962 ************************************************ 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 Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net January 5, 2022, 9:01 am Lake Odessa Wave Thursday April 12, 1962 Gabriel Contreras Died Last Saturday Gabriel "Joe" Contreras, 84, retired farmer passed away on early Saturday at his home on Jordan Lake avenue. His death was unexpected but had been in ill health for several years. A native of Mexico, he has been a resident of the United States since 1925 and for the last 25 years lived at Lake Odessa. Surviving are his wife Carmen, ten sons, Joseph, Robert, Jessie, and Maurice all of Chicago, Ill., Louis, Bruce, Nicholas and Thomas of Lake Odessa, Andrew with the Armed Forces at Aberdeen, MD., and Gabriel Jr. of Detroit; two daughters Mrs. Aurellio (Lucy) Vila of Los Angeles Calif., and Mrs.George (Mary) Snyder of Webberville, 11 grandchildren and a sister Mrs.Pascuala Saidana of Hermosa Beach, Calif. A 20 years old son Charles passed away Feb. 26th. Funeral services were held on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the St. Edwards church with burial in the Lakeside cemetery. The Rev. Fr. Raymond Pattok officiated Additional Comments: Lakeside Cem.#14-1714-1 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/contrera41845nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb