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Gretchen Norene (Anderson) Britton
1924 - 2014
BORN
1924
DIED
2014
Gretchen (Anderson) Britton Obituary
Gretchen was born June 3, 1924, in Mansfield, Ohio, to the late Maynard Lewis and Edna Mae (Marmet) Anderson. She graduated from Mansfield Senior High School in 1942. She attended Nyack College in New York.
She was married to Hazen Joseph Brittin, who pastored Christian and Missionary Alliance churches in New York and New Jersey for 43 years. After her husband's death she moved to Toccoa, Ga., in 1994.
She is survived by three daughters and a son, Judith Dalene Harding of Bonners Ferry, Carol Lee Schraeder of Moscow Mills, Mo., James (Jim) Paul Brittin of Clearwater, Nancy Lynn Graham of Driftwood, Pa.; 18 grandchildren; and 29 great grandchildren.
A son, Gerald (Jerry) Robert Brittin, died in 1977 at 23 years of age.
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February 28, 2014
God promises us that a time is coming when death will be no more. We await that time.
February 18, 2014
You have my condolences. Life everlasting is. promised at ps 37:29 May you be inspired by that.
February 8, 2014
My sincere condolences to your to family. Hope in God & he will give you peace to endure all things. (1 Prter 5:7)
February 6, 2014
I'm very sorry for your loss. May the "God of all comfort" bring you peace during this troubling time.
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