Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gazella, Mildred E. (Basom) October 15, 1979 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com December 4, 2013, 12:55 pm Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Tues. Oct. 16, 1979 IONIA- Mildred E. Gazella, 76, formerly of Evergreen Trailer Park, died Monday night at a rural Ionia nursing home. She was born in Ionia, Nov. 16, 1902, the daughter of Fred and Zoe Janes Basom. She graduated from Ionia High School and Ionia County Normal. She taught rural schools at Dildine and Cooks Corners, near Belding. She married Louis Gazella on June 1, 1932 at Goshen, Ind. They made their home in Grand Rapids where Mrs. Gazella worked at Blodgett Hospital for several years. Her husband preceded her in death in 1963. She then moved to Ionia. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Francis Dye, of Ionia; two nephews and a niece. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Leddick Funeral Home. Burial will be in Easton Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives at the funeral home today and Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. A memorial fund has been established for the Kidney Foundation. Contributions may be left at the funeral home. Additional Comments: Mrs. Louis Gazella Easton Cemetery #610 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/g/gazella23162nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb