Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gabbard, Bertha 2004 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 13, 2010, 2:36 pm The Hastings Reminder, Tuesday, February 10, 2004 Bertha (Sons) Gabbard, age 79, of Lake Odessa, passed away at her home on Friday evening, February 6, 2004. Bertha was born in Powell County, Kentucky on April 27, 1924 to Herman and Lida (Hall) Sons. She and her husband had resided in Lake Odessa for the past 39 years and were well known for the vegetables they sold every summer at their home across from Jordan Lake. Bertha is survived by Clay Gabbard, her loving husband of 53 years; step- daughters Joanne and Betty; three grandchildren; five great grandchildren; sisters, Wanda Amburgy and Aileen Smith, both of Stanton, Kentucky and many other relatives and friends. At Bertha’s request, funeral services will be held at the Well’s Funeral Home in Stanton, Kentucky with burial taking place in Stanton Cemetery. Arrangements by Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/g/gabbard7863nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb