July 1940

        Alice Waldron Parshall Gleason         ( 1883- 14 Jul 1940 )

        Mrs. Alice Parshall Gleason, 57, former Coldwater resident, died at
2:35
p.m.  Thursday at her home in Ray, Indiana.  Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. EST. Saturday at the Ray Church and burial will be in Lester
Cemetery. 
        Mrs. Gleason was born in Branch County and spent her entire life in
the
county until moving to Ray several months ago.  Her last residence was in
Algansee Township.  She was a member of Eldred Memorial Church of Christ
here. 
        Surviving is her second husband, Arlie A. Gleason of Ray: four
sons,
Clarence and Clifford of Coldwater, Albert and James Parshall of
Kinderhook;  three daughters, Mrs. Estella Knight of Coldwater, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Whitmore and Mrs. Maudie Smith of Union City;  three brothers,
LeRoy Waldron of Lake Odessa, John Waldron of Jackson, and Homer Waldron of
Mulliken;  four sisters, Mrs. Leona Turner of Owosso; Mrs. Anna Edwards of
Hastings, and Mrs. Bertha Anderson and Mrs. Ida Landgridge of Battle Creek.
 Her father, William Waldron of Hastings, also survives.  Her first
husband, Willard Parshall, died 16 years ago. 


Submitted by J.A. Childers
jeanannchilders@gmail.com