Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gilson, Pearl (Deemer) November 15, 1934
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Lake Odessa Wave-Times  November 22, 1934

PROMINENT WOMAN DIES AT HOSPITAL
Mr.Leon T.Gilson Passed Away After two Months of Struggle To Overcome Collapse.

For sometime past Mrs.Pearl Deemer Gilson had not been very well and about 
August 12 she suffered a collapse which effected her both physically and 
mentally. This by both mental and physical strain. As a woman of exceedingly 
bright capabilities and attainment she was called upon for many church and 
social activities besides the care of the home. Having a frail body and an 
ambitious spirit she lived an intense life up to the time of the break which 
came as above mentioned.

Everything was done for Mrs.Gilson that could be done but the physical could not 
hold out to restore the mental, and on Thursday night she passed away at the 
hospital near Grand Rapids.

Mrs. Gilson came to Lake Odessa in 1906 with her mother from Indiana at the age 
of 22. She was converted under the preaching of Rev. Thomas Laity but 
transferred her membership to the Congregational church at the time of her 
marriage to Mr.Gilson in 1912. She was most conscientious in everything she 
undertook. She was a faithful wife and a most excellent, devoted mother, loving 
her home and dear ones. She cared for her mother in her declining years until 
her death about ten years ago.

She was musical, being called upon for her services for church choir, Eastern 
Star and Woman's club all of which she was a member. She with her husband and 
two sons had an orchestra of their own in their home.

She leaves besides her husband, her two sons, Thomas Deemer Gilson of Ann Arbor 
and Charles Mark at home; a brother Charles Deemer lives in Washington.

The funeral was held at the home Sunday afternoon, Rev. George I Start 
conducting the services. Burial was at Lakeside cemetery.

The flora remembrances were very great-the room of the deceased being filled 
with beautiful flowers.

Aside from the family mentioned above Mrs Gilson leaves her mother-in-law 
Mrs.Ida Gilson who is caring for the family, and many more relatives and friends 
as well as her neighbors who will greatly miss her companionship and usefulness.

Additional Comments:
Lakeside Cem.#10-1267-2

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