Obituaries

Paul Ray Otto

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 23, 2018, at Trinity Church, 3355 Dunckel Rd., Lansing, MI 48911. Visitation will be held at Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, on Sunday, October 21, 2018, from 2:00pm-5:00pm, and Monday, October 22, 2018, from 11:00am-1:00pm, and 5:00pm-7:00pm. If you would like to honor Paul’s life, both he and the family would appreciate memorial contributions be made to ALS of Michigan or ALS Clinic of the University of Michigan Hospital.

View Full Obituary

Joyce Orr

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 20, 2018, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. Interment will follow in Maple Ridge Cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Grace Hospice.

View Full Obituary

Carol A. Barker

Memorial service: 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 18, 2018, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Her family will receive friends beginning at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to an organization of your choice. Carol had a heart for single mothers and gospel ministries.

View Full Obituary

Mary Jane Maslowski

Funeral service: 12:00 p.m. on Friday, October 19, 2018, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Her family will receive friends beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Interment will take place in Mt. Rest Cemetery, St. Johns. Memorial contributions may be made to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

View Full Obituary

Marion V. Kern

No service will be held at this time. Donations in her name can be made to Eaton Community Palliative Care in Charlotte, MI or the Ingham County Animal Shelter.

View Full Obituary

Charles A. Driver

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Interment will follow in Leek Cemetery in Mason. His family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice.

View Full Obituary

Barbara Brum

Funeral service: 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 13, 2018, at Emanuel First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1001 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. on Friday at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel.

View Full Obituary

Doris E. Weaver

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 13, 2018 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 549 E. Mt. Hope Ave., Lansing, with a private burial following the service..  The family will receive friends at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel on Friday, October 12th, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m.  Those who wish, may make memorial contributions to the Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church Women (B.E.L.C.W.) or the Leader Dogs for the Blind in Rochester, MI.

View Full Obituary

Janet E. (Sullivan) O’Leary

Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 10, 2018, at St. Mary Cathedral, 219 Seymour Street in Lansing. A visitation will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday evening at Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, 325 W. Washtenaw, as well for one half hour before the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to REACH Art Studio, 1804 S. Washington Street, Lansing, Michigan, 48910.

View Full Obituary

Fern B. Barris

No service will be held at this time. Donations in her name can be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) or the American Cancer Society of Michigan.

View Full Obituary

Marylinn June “Marilyn” Hudson

Memorial Mass: 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 3815 S. Cedar St., Lansing, with visitation beginning at 11:00 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church.

View Full Obituary

Jeanette A. Parker

Funeral service: 12:00 p.m. Friday, October 5, 2018, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. Interment will follow in Maple Ridge Cemetery. Her family will receive friends beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Holt Baptist Church.

View Full Obituary

Marina Theresa Farhat

Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. on Monday, October 1, 2018, at St. Gerard Catholic Church, Lansing. You are welcome to join the family from 3-7 p.m. on Sunday at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, where a prayer service will be held at 6 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Gerard Catholic Church or Pam’s Academy of Champions, Lansing.

View Full Obituary

Sharon Lee Stanaway

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, with Pastor Rob Cook officiating. Interment will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Her family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, with a 7:00 p.m. auxiliary memorial service, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

View Full Obituary
Betty Vlahakis

Betty Yeotis Vlahakis

Funeral service: 12:00 noon on Thursday, September 27, 2018, at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 1701 E. Saginaw St. Visitation will be held this Wednesday at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel from 3-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., with a Trisagion at 7:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the “Angelos J. and Betty Yeotis Vlahakis SIRC Scholarship in The School of Hospitality Business”, c/o Authella Hawks, 645 N. Shaw Lane, Room 227, East Lansing, MI 48824-1121, or the Betty Yeotis Vlahakis Memorial Children’s Educational Fund c/o Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.

View Full Obituary

Patricia A. “Patti” Mills

Funeral Mass: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 26, 2018, at St. Casimir Catholic Church; interment will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel with a Scripture Service to be held at 7:00 p.m. There will also be a visitation one hour prior to the Mass at church on Wednesday. Memorial donations may be made to MDA Greater Michigan Office, Okemos, MI.

View Full Obituary

Joyce Etta Watson

Memorial visitation: Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel on Friday, September 28th from 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. with an informal service/time of sharing at 6:30 p.m.

View Full Obituary

Alice A. Wolf

Memorial service: 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 1, 2018, at North Westminster Presbyterian Church, 743 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Lansing, MI 48915. There will be a visitation one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday. Memorial contributions may be made to the North Westminster Presbyterian Church.

View Full Obituary