Albion Interactive History / People

Geisen, Myrtle E., 1905
 
    Died September 7, 1980

Myrtle was born May 3, 1905, in Albion Township,and married William A. Geisen in 1923. She lived in the Albion area all her life, attending the Babcock School and Washington Gardner High School. She worked as a clerk at Ludwig’s Department Store, at Powers and at the J.C. Penney department store. She was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and a past president of its women’s group. She was also a member of the Michigan Farm Bureau and a past president of the Albion Women’s Club, a member of the Hospital Service League and president both of the County Federation of Women’s Clubs and the District Federation of Women’s Clubs. Myrtle died on September 7, 1980.

Source: Albion Public Library, Local History Room

From: Albion AAUW. Some Notable Women of the Albion Area. Albion, Michigan: American Association of University Women. 1998.