Obituaries

Ilene Sandefer

Funeral service: 10:00 a.m. on Monday, February 26, 2018, at South Church, 5250 Cornerstone Dr., Lansing, MI. Visitation begins at 9:00 a.m. Interment will be in the Oak Grove Cemetery in St. Louis, MI. Memorial contributions can be made to Wycliffe Bible Translators or the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.

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Maude “Betty” Looney

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 16, 2018, at Holt Baptist Church, 2020 Dean Ave., Holt. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Dimondale. Her family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. on Thursday at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel, plus one hour prior to the service on Friday at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to Compassus Hospice or The Brook of Gladwin.

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Paul Robert Abramson

Funeral service: 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 1924 Coolidge Road, East Lansing. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Lansing. Donations made to Congregation Shaarey Zedek or to the ALS Therapy Development Institute.

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Vern L. Norris

Service of Coronation: 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 16, 2018, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 501 W. Saginaw St., Lansing. His family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. on Thursday at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, and beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Friday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Camp O’Malley (Alto, MI), or the Trinity Memorial Fund.

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Herman Thomas “Herm” Bushnell

Funeral service: 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 17, 2018, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. His family will receive friends beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday at the funeral home. Interment will take place in Deepdale Memorial Gardens, Lansing. Those who wish, may make a memorial contribution, in Herm’s memory, to Gideons International or Christ Community Church of Lansing.

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Andre Friedlis

Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 11, 2018 at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Lansing. Those who wish may make memorial contributions, in memory of Andre, to the Haven House Homeless Shelter, 121 Whitehills Dr., East Lansing, MI 48823

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Pete Hart

Pete Hart

A celebration of life will be hosted by his daughters in Spring, 2018. Memorial contributions can be made to Heartland Hospice, 865 S. Cedar Street, Mason, MI 48854.

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Mordechai Eliahu “Max” Kreinin, Phd.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, February 11, 2018 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 1924 Coolidge Rd., East Lansing, MI with Cantor Pamela Schiffer officiating.  Burial will take place at Beit Olam East Cemetery in Wayland, MA. Those who wish, may make memorial contributions, in Max’s memory, to American Friends of Tel Aviv University at www.aftau.org

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Randy P. Kinney

Age 60, of Lansing, MI, passed away on February 8, 2018.  He was born in Lansing, MI, to Kenneth and Barbara Kinney. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

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Faylene Owen

Memorial service: 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 4, 2018, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 1924 Coolidge Rd., East Lansing. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lester and Jewell Morris Hillel Jewish Student Center, 360 Charles St., East Lansing, MI 48823.

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Katherine J. Rehkopf

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at Emanuel First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1001 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Lansing. Her family will receive friends beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday at the church. In lieu of flowers, those desiring may make contributions to Emanuel First Lutheran Church or to a charitable organization of their choice.

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Bruce G. Helmer

Funeral service: 12:00 p.m. on Friday, January 26, 2018, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Lansing. The family will receive friends an hour prior to the service on Friday. Memorial contributions may be made in Bruce’s name to the Capital Area Humane Society.

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Georgiana A. Viele

The Funeral Mass will take place at 11:00 on Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at St. Casimir Catholic Church located at 815 Sparrow Ave. Lansing, MI.  The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, January 22, 2018, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, where the Rosary will be prayed at 8:00 p.m.  Memorial Contributions may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, P.O. Box 5014, Hagerstown, MD 21741. 

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Diane G. (Greenstein) Uhlmann

Funeral service: 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 21, 2018, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, East Lansing. Interment will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Monday at the Bay City Jewish Community Association Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Greater Lansing Food Bank.

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Alice Marie Crawley

Graveside service: 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 22, 2018, at Deepdale Memorial Gardens in Lansing, MI.  Memorial contributions may be made to Eaton Community Palliative Care, or Fraternal Order of Eagles Women’s Auxiliary, Aerie #1039.

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Nancy L. Drumm

Funeral service: 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Interment will follow in Glendale Cemetery. Her family will receive friends beginning at Noon on Tuesday.

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Ruth M. (Robinson) Ott

Funeral service: 12:00 p.m. Saturday, January 20, 2018, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. Her family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11:00 a.m. until service time on Saturday. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or to Gideon’s International.

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Naomi “Red” Buckley

Funeral service: 12:00 p.m. on Monday, January 22, 2018, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Interment will follow in East Lawn Memory Gardens, Okemos.

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Genevieve A. Dionise

Funeral Mass: 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 19, 2018, at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, 955 Alton Rd., East Lansing. Burial will take place Saturday in Mt. Loretto Cemetery, Lapeer, MI. Her family will receive friends from 6:00-7:00 p.m. on Thursday at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel where the Rosary will be prayed at 7:00 p.m. and beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Friday at the church. Memorial donations may be made to Gunnisonville Meadows Senior Assisted Living.

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