George W. Gage
Father Of Sylvan Supervisor Dies
CHELSEA - George W. Gage, 87, father of Elba Gage, Washtenaw county supervisor from Sylvan township, and a lifelong resident of Chelsea, died yesterday at St. Luke's Hospital in Saginaw.
Mr. Gage was born March 16, 1865, in Sylvan township, a son of Reuben and Fannie Parker Gage, pioneer settlers in this community, and was married in 1891 to Mary Hoppe of the same township. She died in 1932. In 1940, Mr. Gage was married to Mrs. Effie Pierce, who survives him. He was a member of the local Masonic Lodge and the Knights of Pythias.
Other survivors are his son, Elba; three daughters, Mrs. Henry Hein of Waterloo township, Jackson county, Mrs. Elmer Mayer of Sharon township and Mrs. E. J. Wilcox of Saginaw; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. One daughter, Mrs. Mildred Haselschwerdt, died in 1930.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Burkhardt Funeral Home. Burial will be in Vermont Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.