Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gavit, Ethel Mae (Hansbarger) June 21, 1987 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net January 11, 2023, 11:59 am Ionia Sentinel Standard-Monday June 22, 1987 ETHEL MAE (HANSBARGER) GAVIT Ethel Mae (Hansbarger) Gavit, 83, of Grand Ledge, died Sunday, June 21 at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing. She was born Feb. 5, 1904, in Odessa Township, the daughter of Harley and Jennie Hansbarger. She was known for interior decorating of homes, and she hung wallpaper and painted in thousands of homes in Michigan for many years.Her husband, Jessie A.Gavit, preceded her in death on Feb.7, 1975 She attended United Methodist Church of Grand Ledge. Survivors include one daughter June Irene Tyler of Grand Ledge; one granddaughter; one grandson; two great-grandsons; three sisters, Audrey Barker of Belding, Gayla Burrows of Mesa, Ariz. and Jennie Tasker; one brother, Harley Hansbarger of Port St.Lucia, Fla. a sister-in-law, Velma Davis of Bradenton, Fla; and several nieces, nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., at the Koops Funeral Chapel inLake Odessa, with the Rev. Phillip Brown officiating. Interment will follow in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa.Friends may meet the family Monday, from 7-9 p.m., and Tuesday, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the funeral chapel. Additional Comments: Lakeside Cem.#14-1781-3 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/g/gavit44823nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb