The Grand Rapids Press, September 9, 1943, page 4:

Mrs. Alice Close, age 74, who passed away at the O'Keefe Sanitarium August 1, was a resident of Grand Rapids for many years. Surviving are two sons: George Gardner of Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Frank, of Muskegon, Michigan. Funeral arrangements were by Workman of Grand Rapids, and the body was removed to Landess, Indiana for burial at her former home and where many relatives and friends attended the funeral.

[Alice was daughter of Leander and Hannah Beekman. Her two previous husbands were Levi Gardner and George C. Mintz.]