James F. Gaunt of Chelsea, age 86, died Saturday, April 26, 2014 in Chelsea.
He was born May 25, 1927 in Detroit, the son of Edwin I. and M. Louise (Ives) Gaunt.
Jim was vice-president of his senior class, graduating from Chelsea High School in 1945, he served one year in the Navy right after high school, then earned a Bachelors Degree in Economics from the University of Michigan in 1950.
He worked with his father in the family floral business (Southview) starting as a young boy, and the floral business became his life’s work. After a partnership for several years, the business became Jim’s in 1960 when his dad retired. In the 1970’s and 80’s he was an active member and President of several floral associations (Detroit Allied Florists, Michigan State Floral Association and Wholesale Florists and Floral Suppliers of America). He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Society of American Florists. He served as a member of the National PromoFlor Council 1995-1997.
Mary Elizabeth Montange
Mom and Dad are dancing to their favorite song “Yellow Bird” in Heaven, and dad waited for her a long time.
Mary Elizabeth (Bubsie, Nickie) Montange was born Dec. 8, 1919 and died peacefully April 17, 2014 in Allen, Texas. She was 94 years old and dear to all family and friends. Mary was the second daughter born to Clair Nicholson and Marie Nicholson in Denison, Iowa.
She always said that when she met and married Stanley Montange on Dec. 26, 1941, her life really began. She was the mother of seven children. She had a wonderful working and playing life on a farm in Chelsea since 1957.
While working the farm and raising children, she found time for a nursing career at St. Joseph Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. However, the majority of her nursing career was at Chelsea Community Hospital, with the very last as a hospice nurse while Stan worked and retired from Chrysler Proving Grounds. The farm was a family career for both Stan and Nick and a great place to raise their family.
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