Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Shaw, Gleason E. May 22, 1912 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com January 14, 2014, 4:28 pm Belding Banner - Thurs. May 30, 1912 The funeral of Gleason E. Shaw was held at his late residence Friday, Rev. G.W. Maxwell, pastor of the Methodist church officiating, interment was made in the Otisco cemetery. Mr. Shaw and wife came here about a year ago to reside with and care of her mother, Mrs. Sprague, who is in very poor health. A few months ago Mr. Shaw’s health failed and he grew gradually worse until death relieved him from his suffering. Gleason E. Shaw was born in Columbia, Lorain County, Ohio, January 1, 1852 and died in Belding May 22, 1912. He moved with his parents to Michigan in 1859 and his early life was spent on a farm near Saranac, Ionia County. He was married to Estella Sprague November 23, 1882, to this union was born one daughter, Erma Fern. Besides his wife and daughter he leaves two sisters to mourn his loss, Mrs. A.J. Root of Ionia and Mrs. E.E. Sprague of Potterville. Additional Comments: Otisco Cemetery#364 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/shaw23698nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb