Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gay, John A. "Andy" 2005
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Greenville Daily News, 8 Aug 2005

John A. “Andy” Gay, 82, of Orleans, passed away Friday evening, Aug. 5, 2005, at
Metron of Belding.  The son of Richard and Elizabeth Blackleddge Gay, he was
born April 9, 1923, in Marion.  On Nov. 7, 1953, in Angola, Ind., he married
Ilene J. Horton.  John provided for his family by working as a union ironworker
for most of his life and was involved in many great construction and civil
engineering projects, including the building of the Mackinac Bridge.  He was a
member of Ironworkers Local No. 783.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and eight sisters and brothers, Beulah
Gibbs, Grace Meyers, James Gay, Robert Gay, Nellie Gay, Mary Gay, Stanley Gay,
Paul Gay.  He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Ilene J. Gay; their children,
Jacqueline and Arthur Brooks of Orleans, Terry Satterlee, Joseph and Deborah
Gay, all of Greenville, John R. Gay of Belding; sister, Eunice Malek of McBain;
brother, David Gay of Washington; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren,
and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services are 3 p.m. Tuesday at Shiloh Community Church with burial
following in Orleans Township Cemetery.  The Rev. Kenneth Harger, pastor of
Shiloh Community Church, will officiate.  Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. today
at Brown-Teman & Christiansen Funeral Home, 511 S. Franklin St., Greenville, and
also from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the church.  


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