T. Valdeen Warren

Mason, Michigan

Surrounded by her loving family T. Valdeen Warren died on May 8, 2015 at the age of 87. Val was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, daughter, sister and friend. She was born October 24, 1927 to Earl and Ellen Henderson. She and her sister Lorena grew up on their parent’s farm outside of Clare, Michigan and she graduated from Clare High School. She moved to Lansing, Michigan where she met the love of her life, Walter, at a dance at the Lansing Armory, they were married on June 12, 1948. They were members of the Holt and Dimondale Presbyterian Church, the VFW, the Moose and the Elks. Valdeen worked for and retired from Capital Automotive. She was a Girl Scout leader and a 4-H leader for many years, and a volunteer for Meals-On-Wheels. She liked to sew, crochet, and work in her flower and vegetable gardens. She also enjoyed playing cards with family and friends, and just like Walter she liked to dance. She and Walter traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe and after her retirement spent many winters in Florida. She will be fondly remembered for her potato salad, everyone loved Val’s Potato Salad.

Surviving Val are her daughters, Sue Warren (Paul Bouldin), Diane Warren (James Bliss), Colleen Norman (Bob) and Lisa St. Clair (Jay Crossley). She is also survived by eight grandchildren, Blair Oesterle (Colette), Anna and Angelina Baldori, Chris Hillbun (Alma Bustillo), Kelly Hillbun (Jason Lo), Casey St. Clair (Lorae), Alex St. Clair and Emily St. Clair, and six great-grandchildren, Aemon, Merryn, Allison, Jackson, Asher, and Annabelle. Val was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Warren.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Interment will take place at Cherry Grove Cemetery in Clare. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m.

Memorial contribution may be made to Hospice House of Mid-Michigan or to a favorite charity of choice.

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Valerie and Brad Smith
May 9, 2015 at 3:55 pm

You will be sorely missed my friend…. So many good times together with you and Walt, who I’m sure was right there to meet you!
Hugs to you girls and your families.

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Thomas Timlin
May 10, 2015 at 5:56 pm

Valdeen and Walt were one of my Mom and Dad’s very dearest friends. Valdeen’s girls grew up around the Lansing MI area and we knew them well. Mom and Dad played pinnacle with Walt and Valdeen, the girls and Dan and I would play together, and we often went to the lake with them in summer. We have some fond memories of Valdeen’s girls and Valdeen’s personality and laugh. My kids knew her a little bit because we stopped in periodically at her house on the way from up north. She was even at a few Dover school reunions with Walt when we went. I will never forget Valdeen and her laughter and generosity.Now at least there is again a foursome for pinnacle. As Valdeen might laugh at Dad as he would say something like, “Watch out, that could be dangerous.” Walt was a great guy too. We will miss you Valdeen, a large part of our childhood. We can still hear her voice and laughter in our heads and hearts.

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Robin Matheson
May 11, 2015 at 5:22 pm

Unfortunately, I never met T. Valdeen, but if she was anything like her daughters and granddaughters, she must have been an amazing woman.

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Clayton and Carol Griffin
May 11, 2015 at 5:52 pm

Val was a dear friend of ours at our park in Florida . She enjoyed going with us to the Sweet Tomato restaurant and garage sale shopping . We missed her being in Florida this past winter . She will be missed by all of her many friends at Hawaiian Isles in Florida . God bless you girls . She loved you and spoke of Walt and her girls often .

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