Bessie
Olive Gloeckner Spicer
Obituary from Wayne County newspaper, 4/12/1965:
FInal Rites for Mrs. Bessie Spicer
Cisne Woman Died at Memorial Hospital Wednesday At The Age of 79
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Spicer, of Cisne, were held from the
Cisne Methodist church Saturday afternoon, with Rev. Robert Treat officiating.
Interment was in Wesley Chapel cemetery near
Johnsonville. DeSelms Funeral Home was in charge.
Died At Hospital
Mrs. Spicer died
Wednesday at Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient since the
first of the year.
She was born in Wayne county April 27th, 1885, the daughter of Rudolphus and Mary Taylor Gloeckner.
On September 6th, 1911, she was married to Lafayette Spicer, who preceded her in death
November 16th, 1945. Her parents and two sisters also preceded
her in death.
Early in life she was converted to Christ and united with the Wesley
Chapel Methodist church near Johnsonville. Later she transferred
her
membership to the Johnsonville Methodist church, and still later, to
the Cisne Methodist church, where she held membership at the time of
her death.
The Survivors
Surviving are four sons, Kenneth,
of Long beach, Calif.; Holland and
Voris Spicer, both of Joliet;
and Howard Spicer, of SIms;
one daughter,
Lucille, wife of Lyle Cates, of Fairfield; four grandchildren;
and two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Hargrave,
of Fairfield; andw [sic] Mrs. Lucy
Hufhines.