Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gazella, Carl F. 2008
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Carl F. Gazella, age 78 of Ionia, passed away March 17, 2008 in Ionia.

He was born Feb. 22, 1930 in Ionia, the son of Francis and Mildred (Jackson) 
Gazella. Carl graduated from SS Peter & Paul Catholic School in 1948. He 
married Jane Ingram May 10, 1952. Carl worked for Clorewell Electric for 30 
years. He served in the United States Army in the Corp. of Engineers and was a 
member of the Ionia Knights of Columbus. He played and coached basketball at 
SS Peter & Paul Catholic School and was a Boy Scout Leader for several years. 
As a young man he worked for his family's grocery store located in downtown 
Ionia called Lauster Market and he continued to follow the family's business 
of food vendors best known as Gazella Finer Foods at the Ionia Free Fair.

Carl is survived by his loving wife of 55 years Jane Gazella of Ionia; 
children, Linda (Charles) Beat of Harbor Springs, Michael (Linda) Gazella of 
Lansing, Phillip (Christi) Gazella of Lexington, S.C., Joan (Nick) Antonakis 
of Rockford, Jonathan Gazella (Pam Cowling) of Ionia, Barbara Redd of Grand 
Rapids, Russell Gazella of Ionia and Christine (Scott) Geldhof of Ionia; 
brother, Charles (Elaine) Gazella of Toledo, Ohio; sisters, Catherine 
Gallagher of Flushing, Louise (John) Sweet of Battle Creek, Rosemary Gazella 
of Kalamazoo, Janet Gazella of Grand Rapids, Margaret Bonham of Macomb and 
Mary Jane Gazella of Grand Rapids; 13 grandchildren and four great-
grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, James and Richard and 
sisters, Janice and Josephine.

A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Monday, March 24, 2008, 11 a.m., 
at SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church with Father Melvin Fox celebrant. The 
family will receive friends and relatives Sunday 4 to 6 p.m. with a Rosary at 
6 p.m. at Lake Funeral Home in Ionia. In lieu of flowers contributions can be 
made in Carl's name to SS Peter & Paul Athletic Dept. or Ionia Area Hospice.


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