This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hamilton, Rice, Patten, Pratt, Korchyk, Miller Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1609 Message Board Post: Mrs. Elsie M. Hamilton, age 84, of Lowell, and formerly of Nashville, passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2000 at Laurels of Kent Nursing Home in Lowell. She was born on August 8, 1915, in Cascade Township, the daughter of Gaylord & Elsie (Rice) Patten. Elsie graduated from Nashville High School. She married Carrol Hamilton on December 21, 1935 in Nashville. Elsie was a homemaker, and was a member of the Nashville United Methodist Church and the Pythian Sisters. She was a super seamstress and an avid crochetter. Elsie was preceded in death by her husband, Carrol in 1976; grandson, Thomas Hamilton; brothers, George Patten, Maurice Patten, Orley Patten, and Gaylord Patten. She is survived by her sons, Russell (Barb) Hamilton of Denver, Colorado, Richard (Ruth Ann) Hamilton of Stanwood, Reginald (Dusty) Hamilton of Boyne City; daughter, Rita (Robert) Pratt of Lowell; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren; sisters, Ida Belle Korchyk of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Bea! trice Miller of South Daytona, Florida. Funeral services were held on Monday, January 24, 2000 at teh Maple Valley Chapel in Nashville. Reverend James Hynes officiated. Burial was at the Lakeview Cemetery in Nashville. Memorial donations may be made to the Parkinson Foundation. Arrangements were made by the Maple Valley Chapel in Nashville. (The Hastings "Reminder" - Tuesday, January 18, 2000) Transcriber has no family connection.