The Hastings Banner, Thursday 25 June 1987;
Obituaries from Michigan GenWeb, Kent County, posted by Debra Eddy:
GRAND LEDGE--
Ethel May Gavit, 83, of Grand Ledge died Sunday, June 21, 1987 at Sparrow Hospital, Lansing. Mrs. Gavit was born Feb. 5, 1904 at Odessa Twp., Ionia County, the daughter of Harley and Jenny Hansbarger. She married Jesse Gavit. He died in 1975. She was an interior decorator, doing wallpapering and painting in thousands of Michigan homes. Surviving are one daughter, June Irene Tyler of Grand Ledge; one granddaughter, Shelly (sic) June Tyler of Lansing; one grandson, Jeffrey Lee Tyler of Houston, TX; two great-grandsons; three sisters, Mrs. John (Audrey) Barker of Belding; Gayla Burrows of Mesa, Ariz., Mrs. Lewis (Jenny) Tasker; one brother, Harley K. of Fla; one sister-in-law, Zelma Davis of Bradenton, FL, many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Funeral services were held 1:30 p.m. Wed., June 24 at Koops Funeral Chapel, Lake Odessa with Rev. Phillip Brown officiating. Burial was at Lakeside Cemetery.