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- Kate A. Firestone
Kalamazoo Gazette, Saturday, 2 Sep 1972
Kate A. Firestone - St. Petersburg, Fla, Formerly of Allegan, Age 93, passed
away Friday, Sept. 1, 1972, in St. Petersburg. Born in Allegan, May 16, 1879
and resided here most of her life until the death of her husband, Claud E.
Firestone, at which time she moved to Florida to live with a niece, Mrs.
Kathryn Hill. Mrs. Firestone's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Bourne
Bassett were among Allegan's early settlers, coming here from Massachusetts in
1846. Her parents were the late Judge and Mrs. Dan Arnold. Mrs. Firestone was
active in many community and church affairs. She was a member of the Church of
the Good Shepherd. Survived by: a nephew, George Arnold of Battle Creek; four
nieces, Mrs. Dorothy Arnold Wegman of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., Mrs. Frances
Arnold Gwyer of Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., Mrs. Arlene Arnold Pendergast of
South Yarra, Australia, Mrs. Kathryn Hill of St. Petersburg, Fla.; also
survived by many grand and great-grandnieces and nephews. Friends may call at
the Nyberg Funeral Home after noon on Monday. Graveside services will be held
at Oakwood Cemetery at 1 o'clock on Tuesday.
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