Mabel L. Mather
Born January 5, 1914, in Malden, Missouri, she was the daughter of George and Ollie (Howell) Simmons. She was born prior to and raised during the Great Depression.
Her early life was spent in Missouri and Tennessee but she lived most of her life in Michigan with some early married years in the Seattle, Washington area. She was mostly a homemaker raising four children but during the war years worked in a machine bolt factory. The last ten years she resided in Bloomfield, IN and Bloomington, IN where she was a member of the Bloomfield First Presbyterian Church, and then of the Bloomington United Presbyterian Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters: Myrna Harrison of Flint, MI, Margaret Mortenson of Venice, FL, and Gladys Hestand of Flint, MI; her husband, Gerald A. Mather of Warren, MI, her daughter, Shirley J. Epley of Frankenmuth, MI., and one Great-Grandchild.
She is survived by three sons, Rev. Robert E. “Bob” Lorimer (Mary S.) of Bloomington, IN, George H. “Herb” Lorimer (Adla) of Lansing, MI, and Errol L. “Lynn” Lorimer of Fayetteville, AR., 12 Grandchildren, 28 Great-Grandchildren, and 2 Great-Great Grandchildren
Cremation services were handled by the Nathan Butler Funeral Home. A Memorial Service will be held at United Presbyterian Church in Bloomington, IN at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, September 30th. She will be interred at a later date beside her husband at Flint Memorial Park Cemetery in Flint, MI.
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