Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gasper, Joseph W. 1961 ************************************************ 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 August 18, 2014, 11:44 am Belding Banner-News, 28 Dec 1961 Joseph W. Gasper, 68, died Saturday, December 23, in Traverse City. He was born in Keene Township, Ionia County December 21, 1893 and had been a life resident of that township, where he was engaged in farming. He was a member of St. Mary’s Church, Miriam. He was married to Matilda Schueller in Westphalia October 8, 1918, and she died in 1941. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Wess (Carolyn) Fosburg of Saranac; Mrs. Fred (Beatrice) Rathburn of Lowell and Mrs. Alton (Doris) Stout, of Fenwick; four sons, Wilbur, Thomas and Robert of Belding and Jerome of Grattan; one sister, Mrs. Edward Kennedy of New Lothrop; two brothers, Laurence of Alpena and Hugo, of Gladwin, and 18 grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday from St. Mary’s Church in Miriam with Rev. Fr. Charles Steves officiating and the burial was in St. Mary’s cemetery. The Rosary was recited Monday at Huffman Funeral Home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/g/gasper26820nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb