Obituaries

John R. Wilcox

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 12, 2018, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, with a visitation hour prior to the service, starting at 10 a.m. The family will also receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, January 11, 2018. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum, the Boy Scouts of America, or Mayflower Congregational Church. 

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Dale E. Wilkinson

Celebration of Life Luncheon: 12 noon Saturday, January 27, 2018, at Trinity Church, 3355 Dunckel Rd., Lansing, MI. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations in Dale’s memory be directed to True North Outdoors with Dad Ministries.

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Mildred Saks Schlesinger

A celebration will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 25, 2018, at 929 Roxburgh Ave., East Lansing, MI. In lieu of flowers/gifts, please consider a contribution in our mother’s name to: “Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger.”

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Eugene C. Matz

Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 6, 2018, at St. Mary Parish, 201 N. Westphalia St., Westphalia, MI. Rite of Committal will follow at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Westphalia. Visitation at Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel on Friday, January 5th, from 3-6 p.m. where the Rosary will be recited at 6:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Clinton County Arts Council – Music in the Park (St. Johns) or the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Robert Clayton “Bob” Swanson

Memorial Mass: 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 20, 2018, at Church of the Resurrection, 1505 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. His family will receive friends beginning at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Work of Christ Community (East Lansing) or Compassus Hospice and Palliative Care (Lansing).

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Mary Lou Powell

Funeral service: 1:00 p.m. Thursday, January 4, 2018, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Visitation will be Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 4:00-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer Association.

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Dr. Harold E.B. Humphrey

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 7, 2018, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. His family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:00 until service time on Sunday.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church or to the Greater Lansing Food Bank.

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Mary Elizabeth McGraw

The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 28, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Her family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the funeral service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Great Lakes Caring Hospice or Asbury United Methodist Church.

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Carol Lee Shermoe

A memorial service will be held at 12:00 p.m. Friday, January 12, 2018, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel.  The family will receive friends the hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Shawn O’Loane

A memorial service will be held at a later date for friends and family.  To honor Shawn’s passion of helping stray animals; memorial contributions may be made to the Capital Area Spay/Neuter Clinic at 5919 S. Cedar St., Lansing, MI 48911.

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Dr. John C. Crockett

Memorial service: 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 15, 2018, at the Grand Ledge Baptist Church, 1120 West Willow Hwy., Grand Ledge, MI 48837. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Family Life Radio.

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Esther Amelia Atkinson (Fero)

Funeral service: 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 23, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Interment will follow in Deepdale Memorial Gardens, Lansing. Her family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, and beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Memorial contributions may be made to First Church of the Nazarene in Lansing or Disabled American Veterans.

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Julia Irene Miller

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at the Holt Christian Church, 2424 Washington Rd., Lansing, MI 48911 with interment to follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Dimondale, MI. Visitation will be 3:00-6:00 p.m. Saturday, December 23, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel, as well as one prior to the service on Tuesday at the Church. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Holt Christian Church.

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Janet Eleanor Goodell Haley “Jamie”

A celebration of life memorial service is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 21, 2018 at River Terrace Church, 1509 River Terrace Drive, East Lansing.
A Glen Lake, Leelanau County, memorial service will be scheduled in July 2018.
Memorial contributions, in memory of Jamie, may be made to New Covenant Christian School, Lansing; Christians United for Israel, San Antonio, TX; Douglas J Charities-Scholarship Fund, East Lansing; TBN-Trinity Broadcasting Network, Santa Ana, CA; or the Ingham County Animal Shelter, Mason.

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Ellis E. Brumbaugh, Sr.

A memorial service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for memorial contributions to be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. BOX 758516, Topeka, KS 66675. Arrangements by the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel.

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Margaret E. Giesken

Visitation will be held at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Capital Area Humane Society or the Greater Lansing Food Bank.

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