Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Geisel, Bessie M. (Wells) 1980 ************************************************ 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 January 18, 2016, 12:43 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 28 Jan 1980 Bessie M. Geisel, 83, died Sunday in the Pilgrim Manor in Grand Rapids where she had lived for nine years. She was born on May 16, 1896, in Woodbury, the daughter of William and Cassie Rawson Wells. She was married to George L. Geisel on April 2, 1913. He died in 1966. Mrs. Geisel was a member of the First Congregational Church and the Women’s Fellowship and Friendly Service. She also was a life member of the Lake Odessa Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 315, where she was the organist for many years. Survivors include a son, Kenneth of Ionia; a brother, Irol Wells of Woodbury; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Pickens-Koops Funeral Chapel with the Rev. John Doud? officiating. Burial will be at the Lakeside Cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives in the funeral chapel from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lake Odessa Congregational Church. Envelopes are available at the chapel. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/g/geisel32295nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb