Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gay, Arthur E. 1952 ************************************************ 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, 2010, 8:16 pm Ionia Sentinel, 8 Jul 1952 The Rev. Arthur E. Gay, 72, former pastor of the Lake Odessa Congregational church, died in a Grant convalescent home Monday night. The Rev. Gay served in the Lake Odessa church from 1923 to about 1927. From Lake Odessa he went to Ithaca, then to Leslie where his wife died, and finally to Fremont. He served Fremont for 13 years, retiring from the ministry in 1947. He is survived by three children. A daughter is Mrs. Ruth Shumaker, wife of a Stanton druggist. The whereabouts of the other two children, a son Chester, and another daughter, Grace, are unknown. Besides the Lake Odessa, Leslie and Fremont pastorates the Rev. Gay also served in Parma, Scottville, Union City, Ovid, and Watervliet. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/g/gay10140nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb