Obituaries

D. Yvonne (Dorn) Nelson

The funeral service for Yvonne will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 30, 2025 at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, 549 E. Mt. Hope Ave., Lansing, MI 48910, interment will follow at 2:00p.m. in Meadowbrook Cemetery, Mulliken, MI. The family will receive friends for hour prior to the funeral on Friday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. Arrangements are by the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel.

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Winnifred “Winnie” Marie Smalley

Graveside service will be held on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 11:00 am at Maple Ridge Cemetery in Holt, Michigan. The family will host a Celebration of Life ‘Party’ in July on or around her birthday in Hendersonville, TN. Donations, in lieu of flowers, can be made online to “The Sumner Center” on the northfieldchurch.net website.

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Merle G. Barnhart

A private family service will be held. Merle wishes to express his love and appreciation to all his family and friends throughout his life.

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Marvin Estes

Marvin F. Estes

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at Chapel Pointe Holt.  The family will receive guests at the church on Thursday, for one hour prior to the funeral service.  Interment will take place in Dimondale Cemetery.

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Judith M. Wood

The Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 12, 2025, at the Church of the Resurrection. The Rite of Committal will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Family will receive friends at the church 1 hour prior to the funeral service. Memorial donations may be made to the Michigan Parkinson Foundation.

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Loine J. Weismiller

The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 12, 2025, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel, with interment to follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.  Her family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Sunday, as well as one hour prior to the funeral service on Monday.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Lansing City Rescue Mission or HarmonyCares Hospice.

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Joyce L. Fuentes

There will be a celebration of Joyce’s life held 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel, 2121 Cedar St., Holt, MI. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday for one hour prior to the celebration. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

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Jean Bauer

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at the First Presbyterian Church of Holt. Her family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Jean’s memory can be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Holt or the Holt Education Foundation. 

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Raymond E. Jenks

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Victory Life Church, Battle Creek, MI. Memorial contributions may be made to the Victory Life Kids Camp or Wounded Warrior Project.

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Mary Ellen Hill

Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at Church of the Resurrection. Rite of Christian burial will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.  The family will receive guests at the church on Wednesday for 1 hour prior to the Mass.

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Lorayne Baldwin Otto

Loraynes’s family will receive friends at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 30, 2025. The funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, May 1, 2025, at St. David’s Episcopal Church, with visitation beginning at 12:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Capital Region Community Foundation for the Richard and Lorayne Otto Scholarship, or St. Peter’s By-The-Lake Episcopal Church.

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Phillip J. Douglas

The funeral service will be held at 12:00 p.m. Monday, May 5, 2025, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, with interment to follow in Deepdale Memorial Gardens.  His family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Monday.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Ken Anderson

Kenneth A. Anderson

Born June 19, 1953, in Saginaw, Michigan, Ken died peacefully in his Lansing, Michigan, home, April 23, 2025, at the age of 71. Ken is survived by his children, Branda and Mike Smith of Caro, Michigan, Christopher and Leslie Anderson of Jackson, Michigan, Shawn and Carrie Anderson of Bellevue, Michigan, and Heather and Brandon Moore […]

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Earl J. “Mike” Romigh

Memorial service: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 3, 2025, at The Commons Church, Okemos. The family will receive friends on Saturday for one hour prior to the memorial service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in memory of Mike to University of Michigan Sparrow Hospice Services choose Hospice services.

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Margaret “Marge” Marie Caron

Funeral Mass: 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 24th, 2025, at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Lansing, with visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow immediately at Maple Ridge Cemetery, Holt. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to her church.

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