Gene Garrison, age 91, died September 20, 2026, in Towsley Village, Chelsea. Gene was born August 1, 1935, to Delmer and Ethel (Townsend) Garrison in Hudson, Michigan. He graduated from Lima (Ohio) Shawnee High School and attended Ohio Wesleyan University and the University of Michigan School of Dentistry; graduating from Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1962 with his M.D. A rotating internship from Grace Hospital, Detroit, followed.
Gene and Ruth Garn were united in marriage on June 10, 1957, celebrating over 69 years together. They lived in Ann Arbor and Oak Park, settling in Saline in 1963, when Gene joined the practice of Rudy Douthat, M.D. Gene soon became a beloved, well thought of physician opening his own solo family practice (retiring 1/1/1999) across the driveway from his home. A short stint in the U.S. Navy briefly interrupted his practice when he was drafted during Viet Nam.
