Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Dowsett, Gertrude M. (Nolty) (Smalley) 1998 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net December 4, 2009, 7:50 pm Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, October 14, 1998 Mrs. Gertrude M. Dowsett, 85, of Lowell, formerly of Ionia, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1998 at Heartland Health Care Center, Ionia. She was born April 30, 1913 in Crystal, the daughter of Edgar Judson Nolty and Maude (Harnden) Nolty. Mrs. Dowsett worked for A.O. Smith in Ionia, Fisher Body in Flint and retired from the Chrysler Trim Plant in Lyons after working 35 years. She was a member of the Lyons Baptist Church and was an avid poodle and horse lover. Surviving are two daughters, Carol (Howard) Ardis and Ruth (James) Christensen both of Ionia; 10 grandchildren, numerous Great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three daughters, one grandson, two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. on Friday at the Cook Funeral Home, Ionia with the Rev. Kenneth Harger of Shiloh Community Church officiating and the interment will be in Muir Cemetery. Visitation will be on Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Rich Street Chapel of Cook Funeral Home, Ionia. Memorial Contributions may be made to the V.F.W. Sheridan Post #5065, envelopes at the Cook Funeral Home, Ionia. [Transcriber's Note: There is a notation on the obituary card which says that her first husband was (--?--) Smalley, and her second husband was Charles Dowsett.] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/d/dowsett1594nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb