Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gasper, Mary Maxine (Detmers) 2009
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 29 Oct 2009

Mary Maxine Gasper, 85, of Belding, died Monday morning Oct. 26, 2009 at Green
Acres in Ionia.  Maxine was born on May 15, 1924 in Keene Township, the daughter
of Sam and Ella Helsel Detmers.  She graduated from Lowell High School with the
Class of 1941 and later graduated from Davenport College.  She was a long-time
member of St. Mary Catholic Church where she was a member of the Altar Society
and helped on many of the various church committees and the annual fall
festival.  Maxine also served for many years as the Keene Township Treasurer and
was active in the Farm Bureau of Michigan.  She worked hard with her family on
their large dairy farm.  Maxine had a strong faith and a great love of family
and friends.  She will be greatly missed.

Maxine was married on Aug. 23, 1947 at St. Mary Catholic Church to Lewis T.
Gasper.  Lewis sadly preceded Maxine on Aug. 21, 2009.  Also preceding were her
parents and one brother Paul.

She is survived by her children, Kenneth (Jane) Gasper of Belding, Mary Kay
Gasper of Grand Rapids and Gordon (Linda) Gasper of Middleville; grandchildren,
Nikki (Wade) Bernreuter, Aaron (Andrea) Gasper, Dr. Derek (Jennifer) Gasper,
Maddie Jo Gasper, Mandy Mae Gasper, Jamie (Dennis) Peterson and Mike Pott, eight
great-grandchildren, her sister-in-law Elsie Detmers of Lowell and her
brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Ray and Joanne Case of Rockford and King and
Marie Doyle of Lowell.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Mary Catholic Church,
Miriam with Father Fred Brucker presiding.  Interment will follow in St. Mary
Cemetery.  Visitation will be Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., with the rosary
prayed at 8:30 p.m.at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding.  Memorial
contributions may be given to the St. Mary Food Pantry or the St. Mary Cemetery
Fund.


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