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Frances Elizabeth (Patchett) Gearhart


 

 

FRANCES ELIZABETH (PATCHETT) GEARHART, 96, of Davison, MI, went to be with her Savior Friday, January 27, 2023. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Friday, February 3, 2023, at Faith Baptist Church, 7306 East Atherton Road, Davison, MI 48423. Rev. Shawn Kook and her son-in-law, Rev. David Jaspers, will co-officiate. Interment will follow the service in Greenwood Cemetery, of Hadley, MI, where Frances lived for 77 years. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Faith Baptist Church in her memory.

Frances was born in Bloomfield Township, MI, on January 22, 1927, to the late William and Margaret (Crosby) Patchett. She was a salutatorian graduate of Hadley High School class of 1945. When Kenneth Gearhart, her high school sweetheart, returned from WW2, they were married on September 13, 1947. Ken preceded her in death in 1992. Frances drove school bus for Lapeer schools for 27 years. She was a longtime member of the Baptist Church of Hadley, where she was known for her many floral arrangements for the auditorium, as well as her work in the library, as Sunday school secretary and on the kitchen and mission committees. She enjoyed bowling, golf, and many other hobbies and deeply loved her grandchildren.

Frances is survived by two children, Gary Gearhart (Mary) and Kathy Jaspers (David); six grandchildren, Tracy Hsieh, Joel Gearhart, Nathan Gearhart, Katie Parker, Matthew Gearhart and Davis Jaspers; 12 great-grandchildren, Camden Gearhart, Josiah Gearhart, Samuel Gearhart, Gabriel Gearhart, Trevor Gearhart, Maxwell Gearhart, Calvin Gearhart, David Parker, Autumn Parker, Patchett Gearhart, Isla Hsieh and Mateo Gearhart; one brother-in-law, Carl Gearhart, and other loving family members and dear friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Alta Townsend, and husband, Ken.

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