Mrs. Donna Frances Gruber Briscoe, age 94, of Linden, Michigan, died Monday, December 8, 2014 in Linden.
She was a daughter of Melven and Orilla Parker Gruber, born March 20, 1920, at home in rural Canton, Missouri, near Derrahs. She attended rural Plano School and graduated from Canton High School in 1938. She was a member of Wyaconda Baptist Church at Canton.
She married Clyde Lee Briscoe on May 5, 1938, in Moberly, Missouri, by Reverend Owen of the Baptist Church there.
They moved to Michigan in 1947. Clyde worked for A.C. Sparkplug Division of General Motors from 1954 until his death, November 13, 1977. Donna worked for “Hartz’s Springs” in Holly, Michigan for five years. She was a pre-school licensed day-care giver in her home for babies to kindergarten age for nearly twenty-five years. Her hobbies were doll collecting, genealogy, and snowmobiling. She moved back to her roots, Canton, Missouri after the death of her husband. She lived next-door to her sister, Isabel Martin, for twenty-two years. She volunteered at the Lewis County Historical Society part time for about twenty years. Illness caused her to go back to Michigan where she lived with her son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Susan. They lovingly cared for her, with help from family.
She is survived by two sons, Jim and Susan, Linden, Michigan, and Mahlon and Luanne, Jamesport, Missouri; four grandchildren, Amber Briscoe Bryan (Tim), James Melven Briscoe II (Carol), Micah Lee Briscoe Landes (Aaron); one step grandson, Jimmie Butler (Amber); seven great grandchildren, Joshua Bryan and (Sarah Bryan), Susan Bryan Rice and (Dustin Rice), Gabrielle Briscoe, Michaela Briscoe, James Melven Briscoe III, Blaine Landes, Dylan Butler; one great-great grandson, Orin Bryan.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three sisters, Mary Jo and (Albert) Fishback, Isabel and (Keith) Martin, Ruby Dell and (Jr.) Bronestine; nephews, Adam Martin, Don Martin, Danny Freeman, Gary Fishback and Ren Potterfield.
Funeral services will be held Friday, December 12, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Davis Funeral Home in Canton with Pastor David Howald officiating. Burial will be in Forest Grove Cemetery in Canton. Visitation will be held Friday from 11:00 a.m. until time of service at the Davis Funeral Home.
Music will be: Recorded Selections “The Old Rugged Cross” & “How Great Thou Art”
Pallbearers will be: Jimmie Butler, Aaron Landes, James M. Briscoe II, James M. Briscoe III, Steve Merrell and Carroll Hoffman
She was a daughter of Melven and Orilla Parker Gruber, born March 20, 1920, at home in rural Canton, Missouri, near Derrahs. She attended rural Plano School and graduated from Canton High School in 1938. She was a member of Wyaconda Baptist Church at Canton.
She married Clyde Lee Briscoe on May 5, 1938, in Moberly, Missouri, by Reverend Owen of the Baptist Church there.
They moved to Michigan in 1947. Clyde worked for A.C. Sparkplug Division of General Motors from 1954 until his death, November 13, 1977. Donna worked for “Hartz’s Springs” in Holly, Michigan for five years. She was a pre-school licensed day-care giver in her home for babies to kindergarten age for nearly twenty-five years. Her hobbies were doll collecting, genealogy, and snowmobiling. She moved back to her roots, Canton, Missouri after the death of her husband. She lived next-door to her sister, Isabel Martin, for twenty-two years. She volunteered at the Lewis County Historical Society part time for about twenty years. Illness caused her to go back to Michigan where she lived with her son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Susan. They lovingly cared for her, with help from family.
She is survived by two sons, Jim and Susan, Linden, Michigan, and Mahlon and Luanne, Jamesport, Missouri; four grandchildren, Amber Briscoe Bryan (Tim), James Melven Briscoe II (Carol), Micah Lee Briscoe Landes (Aaron); one step grandson, Jimmie Butler (Amber); seven great grandchildren, Joshua Bryan and (Sarah Bryan), Susan Bryan Rice and (Dustin Rice), Gabrielle Briscoe, Michaela Briscoe, James Melven Briscoe III, Blaine Landes, Dylan Butler; one great-great grandson, Orin Bryan.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three sisters, Mary Jo and (Albert) Fishback, Isabel and (Keith) Martin, Ruby Dell and (Jr.) Bronestine; nephews, Adam Martin, Don Martin, Danny Freeman, Gary Fishback and Ren Potterfield.
Funeral services will be held Friday, December 12, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Davis Funeral Home in Canton with Pastor David Howald officiating. Burial will be in Forest Grove Cemetery in Canton. Visitation will be held Friday from 11:00 a.m. until time of service at the Davis Funeral Home.
Music will be: Recorded Selections “The Old Rugged Cross” & “How Great Thou Art”
Pallbearers will be: Jimmie Butler, Aaron Landes, James M. Briscoe II, James M. Briscoe III, Steve Merrell and Carroll Hoffman
Mrs. Donna Frances Gruber Briscoe, age 94, of Linden, Michigan, died Monday, December 8, 2014 in Linden.
She was a daughter of Melven and Orilla Parker Gruber, born March 20, 1920, at home in rural Canton, Missouri, near Derrahs. She attended rural Plano School and graduated from Canton High School in 1938. She was a member of Wyaconda Baptist Church at Canton.
She married Clyde Lee Briscoe on May 5, 1938, in Moberly, Missouri, by Reverend Owen of the Baptist Church there.
They moved to Michigan in 1947. Clyde worked for A.C. Sparkplug Division of General Motors from 1954 until his death, November 13, 1977. Donna worked for “Hartz’s Springs” in Holly, Michigan for five years. She was a pre-school licensed day-care giver in her home for babies to kindergarten age for nearly twenty-five years. Her hobbies were doll collecting, genealogy, and snowmobiling. She moved back to her roots, Canton, Missouri after the death of her husband. She lived next-door to her sister, Isabel Martin, for twenty-two years. She volunteered at the Lewis County Historical Society part time for about twenty years. Illness caused her to go back to Michigan where she lived with her son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Susan. They lovingly cared for her, with help from family.
She is survived by two sons, Jim and Susan, Linden, Michigan, and Mahlon and Luanne, Jamesport, Missouri; four grandchildren, Amber Briscoe Bryan (Tim), James Melven Briscoe II (Carol), Micah Lee Briscoe Landes (Aaron); one step grandson, Jimmie Butler (Amber); seven great grandchildren, Joshua Bryan and (Sarah Bryan), Susan Bryan Rice and (Dustin Rice), Gabrielle Briscoe, Michaela Briscoe, James Melven Briscoe III, Blaine Landes, Dylan Butler; one great-great grandson, Orin Bryan.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three sisters, Mary Jo and (Albert) Fishback, Isabel and (Keith) Martin, Ruby Dell and (Jr.) Bronestine; nephews, Adam Martin, Don Martin, Danny Freeman, Gary Fishback and Ren Potterfield.
Funeral services will be held Friday, December 12, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Davis Funeral Home in Canton with Pastor David Howald officiating. Burial will be in Forest Grove Cemetery in Canton. Visitation will be held Friday from 11:00 a.m. until time of service at the Davis Funeral Home.
Music will be: Recorded Selections “The Old Rugged Cross” & “How Great Thou Art”
Pallbearers will be: Jimmie Butler, Aaron Landes, James M. Briscoe II, James M. Briscoe III, Steve Merrell and Carroll Hoffman
She was a daughter of Melven and Orilla Parker Gruber, born March 20, 1920, at home in rural Canton, Missouri, near Derrahs. She attended rural Plano School and graduated from Canton High School in 1938. She was a member of Wyaconda Baptist Church at Canton.
She married Clyde Lee Briscoe on May 5, 1938, in Moberly, Missouri, by Reverend Owen of the Baptist Church there.
They moved to Michigan in 1947. Clyde worked for A.C. Sparkplug Division of General Motors from 1954 until his death, November 13, 1977. Donna worked for “Hartz’s Springs” in Holly, Michigan for five years. She was a pre-school licensed day-care giver in her home for babies to kindergarten age for nearly twenty-five years. Her hobbies were doll collecting, genealogy, and snowmobiling. She moved back to her roots, Canton, Missouri after the death of her husband. She lived next-door to her sister, Isabel Martin, for twenty-two years. She volunteered at the Lewis County Historical Society part time for about twenty years. Illness caused her to go back to Michigan where she lived with her son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Susan. They lovingly cared for her, with help from family.
She is survived by two sons, Jim and Susan, Linden, Michigan, and Mahlon and Luanne, Jamesport, Missouri; four grandchildren, Amber Briscoe Bryan (Tim), James Melven Briscoe II (Carol), Micah Lee Briscoe Landes (Aaron); one step grandson, Jimmie Butler (Amber); seven great grandchildren, Joshua Bryan and (Sarah Bryan), Susan Bryan Rice and (Dustin Rice), Gabrielle Briscoe, Michaela Briscoe, James Melven Briscoe III, Blaine Landes, Dylan Butler; one great-great grandson, Orin Bryan.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three sisters, Mary Jo and (Albert) Fishback, Isabel and (Keith) Martin, Ruby Dell and (Jr.) Bronestine; nephews, Adam Martin, Don Martin, Danny Freeman, Gary Fishback and Ren Potterfield.
Funeral services will be held Friday, December 12, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Davis Funeral Home in Canton with Pastor David Howald officiating. Burial will be in Forest Grove Cemetery in Canton. Visitation will be held Friday from 11:00 a.m. until time of service at the Davis Funeral Home.
Music will be: Recorded Selections “The Old Rugged Cross” & “How Great Thou Art”
Pallbearers will be: Jimmie Butler, Aaron Landes, James M. Briscoe II, James M. Briscoe III, Steve Merrell and Carroll Hoffman
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
