Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gavit, William A. 1959 ************************************************ 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 March 5, 2018, 11:26 am Ionia Daily Sentinel Standard, 16 Jun 1959 William a. Gavit, 81, of Clearwater, Fla., died Monday at 9:45 p.m. at Pennock hospital, Hastings, shortly after being admitted following a stroke. Mr. Gavit, a retired fur buyer and former Lake Odessa resident returned last week to spend the summer at a cottage at Jordan lake. He was born in Darke county, Ohio, March 26, 1878, the son of Alex and Caroline? (Birman) Gavit and had spent most of his life in the Lake Odessa area until moving to Florida three years ago. He was married to Inez Myers in 1902. Surviving besides his wife are a son, Jesse of Clearwater, Fla., one daughter, Mrs. Velma Davis of Tampa, Fla., eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The body of Mr. Gavit is at the Pickens funeral chapel where service will be Thursday at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. John Crotser of the Evangelical United Brethren church will officiate. Burial will be in Lakeside cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/g/gavit7296gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb