Mrs. Hatner Die:
at 89; Daughter o!
Pioneer F amily

| Services were held for Mrs
Gertrude Hamer in her home a
28752 Detroit St. Flat Rock
Tuesday.

She passed away June 30 a{
Monroe Mercy Hospital, where
she had been confined for nearly
two weeks, and with her passing
goes another era in Flat Rock
history. .

She was born March 29, 1867,

in Ypsilanti, the daughter of Cor-
nelius and Fannie Munger. She
came to Flat Rock two years
‘Mater with her family and attend
i, ' school in. Flat Rock.
“>In 1875 her father founded
Munger’s General Store on the
east side of Detroit near Erie
St. In 1885 the store was moved
to its present location on the
corner of Detroit St. and Arsen-
al Rd., and now houses Roy Lee’s
Barber Shop. ae

It was there that the first loaf
of commercial baked bread. and
cakes were sold in Flat Rock, !
and the first telephone between!
Detroit and Toledo was installed.
in the store.

Mrs, Hamer helped to serve as
|many as six generations in a
family in the store. She and her
‘| brother, Edward Munger, who
passed away Dec. 4, 1954, made
'| their home together at the family
{residence next. door for many

years. d De
\ She is survived by.a grandson,
ee Hamer Jr. of Xenia, Ohio;
a niece, Mrs. Kenneth Bielby of

  
 
    
 
 
   
  
  

i preceded in death by a son, Lee
‘| E. Hamer, 13 years ago.

;| Rev. Donald ‘Wilson of the|.
| First Congregational Church of
Flat Rock officiated at the ser-|.
*! vices and intérment was in Huron
1{ Valley Cemetery, in charge of
the Bobcean funeral homé

‘| Bearers were Eugene Mahoney,
*)Roy, Lee, James: Tures,: Carson
Metler, Dino Charkas and. Cash
Ernst.. 4

Contin. ” ‘ e
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Detroit, and a nephew, Justin
-|Munger of St. Clair, She was].