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Bessie B. Gesell
July 26, 1911-May 23, 1999

Bessie B. Gesell, 87, of Monroe
died at 11:05 p.m. Sunday in
Mercy Memorial Nursing Care
Center, where she had been for
21/2 years.

Friends may call from 1 to 9
p.m. Tuesday at Earle Little
Funeral Home, Bacarella Chapel,
where services will be held at 11
a.m. Wednesday.
The Rev. Jacque-
line Holdsworth,
pastor of St.
Paul’sUnited
Methodist
Church, will offi-
ciate. Burial will
be in Roselawn
Memorial Park, L i
LaSalle. BESSIE B.

Born July 26, GESELL
1911, in Carleton,
she was the daughter of Robert
H. and Bernadean (Younglove)
Herkimer. She married August
C. Gesell Jan. 8, 1932, in Monroe. .
He died Oct. 7, 1978.

From 1927 to 1939, she was
employed by Monroe State Bank
and First National Bank.

A graduate of Monroe High
School, she was a member of St.
Paul’s United Methodist Church,
where she was a Sunday school
teacher and member of United
Methodist Women’s Circle. She ©
also was a member of MHS
Orchestra Parents, Christiancy
Elementary School Parent-
Teacher Association and the for-
mer Monroe Chapter 226, Order
of Eastern Star. She was

. involved with Campfire, Blue-
birds, Rainbow and DeMolay.
She was an avid golfer and a
member of Greenmeadows.

She was a descendant of Gen.
Nicholas Herkimer of Herkimer,
N.Y.

Surviving are a son, Robert W.
of Ann Arbor; two daughters,
Mrs. John (Sara) Kopmanis of
Monroe and Mrs. Art (Beth)
Miller of Saline; a sister, Mrs.
Kim (Reva).Wilcox.of Monroe;
four grandchildren, and a great-
granddaughter. -

In addition to her husband, she

was preceded in death by a

' daughter, Brenda V. Gesell; two

brothers, and a sister.

Memorials may be made to
Mercy Memorial Nursing Care
Center or St. Paul’s United
Methodist Church.