Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gilson, Leon T. (Mr.) March 4, 1977 ************************************************ 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: Maureen Cross mcross3454@gmail.com June 1, 2022, 2:11 pm Lake Odessa Wave - March 10, 1977 RITES HELD FOR LEON GILSON Leon T. Gilson, 89, of Hallandale, Florida, former Lake Odessa resident, passed away Friday evening, March 4 at Washington Manor Nursing Home at Hollywood, Florida. He was born in Sunfield November 10, 1887, the son of William and Ida (Bishop) Gilson. He was co-owner of the Campbell Gilson Clothing Store for a number of years and also served as the local postmaster from about 1933 to 1950 and moved to Florida when he retired. Mr. Gilson was a former member of the Lake Odessa Congregational Church, and the Masonic Lodge F & AM 395. Mr. Gilson married Pearl Deemer in 1913. She passed away in 1934. In 1943 he married Grace McCartney, who survives him. Surviving are his wife, the former Grace McCartney, a son, Dr. Mark Gilson and a daughter in law, Mrs. Marie Gilson, both of Ann Arbor: five grandchildren; and ten great grandchildren. A son, Thomas preceded him in death in 1970; and a brother, Chalmer, in 1969. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Pickens-Koops Funeral Chapel, Lake Odessa. Rev. Gary Evans officiated with burial in Lakeside cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/g/gilson43389nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb