Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Deatsman, Florence "Wilma" (Dirr) (Mrs. Forrest) May 8, 1983
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Lake Odessa Wave - May 11, 1983
          MRS. FLORENCE WILMA DEATSMAN

   LAKE ODSSA -- Mrs. Florence Wilma Deatsman, 85, Lake Odessa died May 8 at the
Provincial House, 
Hastings.

   She was born January 12, 1898 in Pleasant Bend, Ohio, the daughter of Andrew and
Caroline Rehm Dirr.

   She moved to the Lake Odessa area with her parents when she was a small child and
attended the Bretz 
Rural School in Ionia.

   She married Forrest Deatsman, February 1, 1916 in Lake Odessa.

   She worked for several years at the Lake Odessa Canning Company and was a member
of the Merry Social 
Club and attended the First Congregational Church of Lake Odessa. 

   She is survived by her husband, Forrest; three daughters, Marjorie Krepps of
Lansing, Noreen Braden and 
Eleanor Sedore--both of Lake Odessa; three sons, LaVon, Carlyn and Gary--all of Lake
Odessa; one sister, 
Monita Rock of Portland; 16 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

   One brother, Forrest Andrew Dirr preceded her in death.

   Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Pickens-Koops Funeral
Chapel, Lake Odessa 
with the Rev. Randall Kohls officiating.

   Burial will be in the Lakeside Cemetery.

   A memorial has been established for the Lake Odessa Ambulance.

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