Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....O'Beirne, Gladys 1978 ************************************************ 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 September 21, 2019, 6:31 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 10 Apr 1978 Gladys O’Beirne, 80, of route one, Charles road, died Saturday morning at a Belding nursing home. She was born December 7, 1897 in Berlin township, Ionia county, the daughter of Arnold and Adelle Boyd O’Beirne and was a graduate of Ionia high school, Ionia County Normal, Western Michigan University and received graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and Columbia University. Miss O’Beirne taught for 45 years in public schools in Michigan and Ohio, retiring from the Forest Hill school system in 1966. She was a member of North Plains Community church, the Michigan and National Education Associations, Ionia County Retired Teachers’ Association, Grand Valley Rock and Mineral Society and the Grand Rapids Audubon club. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Marvin (Lucy) Blanchard of Ionia and several nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Hull Memorial chapel with Rev. Norman Mincemoyer of North Plains Community church officiating. Miss O’Beirne had donated her body to the Michigan State University medical school. A memorial fund is established for North Plains Community church, the Grand Valley Rock and Mineral Society and the Grand Rapids Audubon club. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/o/obeirne10043gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb