Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gierman, Christine 1943
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Lake Odessa Wave, 24 Jun 1943

Mrs. Christine Gierman, 86, died Monday morning at her home near Sebewa Center 
as the result of a heart attack.

She was born September 16, 1856, in Wittenburg, Germany, and came to the United 
States with her parents at the age of 12 years.  They made their home in Ann 
Arbor.

June 13, 1880, she was married to Charles Gierman of Ionia and the couple spent 
the first 12 years of married life in Edmore, and for the past 51 years she has 
made her home on a farm in Sebewa.  She was a member of the Sebewa Center 
Methodist church.

There were 11 children in the family, four dieing in infancy.  Surviving her 
are three daughters Mrs. Warren Walsh at Sunfield. Mrs. Clarence Sayer at 
Sebewa Center, and Mrs. Edgar Nash in Ionia.  three sons, Robert Gierman and 
Carl Gierman at Sebewa center and Elmer Gierman in Ionia. A fourth son George 
preceded her in death two years ago; 20 grandchildren and four 
greatgrandchildren; one sister Mrs. Ernest Radsack in Ionia.

Funeral services were held at the Sebewa Center church Wednesday afternoon and 
burial was in the family lot in Highland Park cemetery. 


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