This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Garlinger, Craft, Scobey, Sherbinski, Kozar, Williams, Kettinger Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1607 Message Board Post: Florence E. Garlinger, age 89, of Nashville, passed away on Friday, January 7, 2000 at her home in Yuma, Arizona, where she and her husband, Ellis had spent their winters for the past 15 years. She was born in Dickey, North Dakota on April 29, 1910, the daughter of Arthur and Jessie (Craft) Scobey. Florence and her family moved to Hastings in 1922. She attended the Welcome Corners Country School and went to High School in Hastings. Florence kept house for several years in Hastings for Dr. Harkness. She married Ellis Garlinger on February 1, 1938 and moved to the farm that Ellis's great grandfather had settled on when he came to Michigan from Ohio in 1859. Her husband, Ellis had built a new home on that farm, which was located on Thornapple Lake Road in Nashville, where they lived until 1990. Florence loved flowers and she raised and sold irises for many years. She hooked many rugs using patterns that she drew herself, and she also crocheted many doileys, bedspreads a! nd tablecloths, and in later years, she made many fancy dolls. She also liked to cook, bake and sew. Florence was preceded in death by brothers, Harry, John, Harlan, and Spencer Scobey; and sisters, Leila Sherbinski, Jessie Williams, Helen Kozar, and Ruth Scobey. She is survived by her husband, Ellis; sister, June Kettinger of Columbus, Mississippi; and brother, Clinton Scobey of Grand Rapids; and many nieces and nephews. According to her wishes no services will be held. Cremation has taken place. (The Hastings "Reminder" - Tuesday, January 18, 2000) Transcriber has no family connection.