Gordon Mead

Gordon Casper Mead age 79 of Elsie, MI died Thursday, July 31, 2008 at Clinton Memorial Hospital, St. Johns, MI.

Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie Chapel Elsie, MI on Monday, August 4, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. Pastor William Stites will officiate with burial at Riverside Cemetery Elsie, MI. Visitation will be held on Saturday, August 2, 2008 from 6-8 P.M. and Sunday, August 3, 2008 from 2-8 P.M. with family present from 2-4 & 6-8 P.M. at Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie Chapel Elsie, MI.

Gordon was born in Elsie, Michigan on April 23, 1929, the son Kenneth and Catherine (Wagoner) Mead. He graduated from Elsie High School with the class of 1946. Gordon married Mary Lillian Cermak on August 20, 1949 in Elsie, Michigan on the Mead Family Farm. Gordon served as police chief of Elsie. He also owned and operated Mead Gravel Business and worked as a custodian at Ovid Elsie High School. He attended Fenmore Baptist Church. Gordon enjoyed fishing, and doing crafts, with uncle sam being his signature piece.

He is survived by and his wife Mary Mead of Elsie, MI, children; Dennis Mead of Owosso, MI, Cathy Rae Mead & Ed Sipka of Elsie, MI, Cindy and Alex Vargas of Owosso, MI, grandchildren; Cristy Jo and Tim McGuckin, Meagon and Ken Palmer, John and Jennifer Mead, Matthew Mead & fiancée Sandra Gasser, Sandra Vargas, Daniel Vargas & Amanda Riddle,
great grandchildren; Corbin Slaughterbeck, Spencer Slaughterbeck, Colin McGuckin, Elijha Palmer, Abigail Palmer, and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, and 1 brother Wayne Mead.

Memorials may be made to Fenmore Baptist Church Elsie, MI or to a Charity of the Donor's Choice. Online condolences can be sent to www.smithfamilyfuneralhomes.com The family is being served by Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie Chapel Elsie, Michigan.

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