Obituaries

Roger Allen Conrad

Funeral service: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 2, 2017, at First Presbyterian Church, 510 W. Ottawa, Lansing, with interment to follow at Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Friday, and one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First Presbyterian Church.

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Margery D. Cook

Memorial service: 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 2, 2018, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 218 W. Ottawa St., Lansing. In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

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John Christofilis

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 4, 2017, at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Lansing. Interment will follow in Maple Ridge Cemetery. His family will receive friends from 4-8 p.m. on Sunday at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel, where the Trisagion service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.

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Donna J. McNatt

Memorial service: 1:00 p.m. Sunday, December 3, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. Her family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Sparrow Home Hospice.

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Dorothy Jean LaHaine

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 30, 2017, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 2418 N. Aurelius Rd., Holt. Interment will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Her family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel and beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Angel Fund c/o Holt Lutheran School in Holt or the American Cancer Society.

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John Clyde Schimmel

Memorial service: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 16, 2018, on the Ebersole Center’s John Schimmel Prairie. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Ebersole Foundation-John C. Schimmel Fund, P.O. Box 4802, East Lansing, MI 48826. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Ebersole Foundation-John C. Schimmel Fund, P.O. Box 4802, East Lansing, MI 48826.

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Diane Dellis

Diane’s family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, where the Trisagion will be held at 7:30 p.m. The funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 30, 2017, at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 1701 East Saginaw Street, Lansing. Interment will take place in Spring 2018 at Riverside Cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, MI.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, www.holytrinity-lansing.org/donations or The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Michigan, 1471 E. 12 Mile Rd., Madison heights, MI  48071.

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Alice L. Pifer

Memorial service : 12:00 p.m. on December 2, 2017 at the Central United Methodist Church in Lansing, MI.  The family will receive friends 1 hour prior to the service.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Central United Methodist Church. 

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Esther M. Dalrymple

A memorial service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or a charity of one’s choice.

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Nicholas George Chapekis, Sr.

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 3109 Scio Rd., Ann Arbor. Interment will follow in Bethlehem Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Nie Funeral Home, 3767 West Liberty Rd., Ann Arbor, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Monday, where the Trisagion will be held at 7:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Ann Arbor (Iconography) or Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Lansing.

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Robert A. Ovenhouse

Visitation: 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. on Friday, December 1, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. A private family burial will take place on Saturday, December 2, 2017. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, D.C. 20090-6011, or a charity of one’s choice.

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Robert L. Secord

Memorial gathering: 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 18, 2017, at the Foster Community Center, 200 N. Foster Ave., Lansing, MI 48912.

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Aleda Greydanus Knol

Funeral: 3:00 p.m. Saturday, December 2, 2017, at River Terrace Church, 1509 River Terrace Drive, East Lansing. Visitation: 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. on Friday, December 1st at the church, and 2-3 p.m. on Saturday, December 2nd at the church. As an alternative to flowers, honor Aleda’s memory by making a gift to the Dr. Anne Schott Breast Cancer Research Fund. Visit victors.us/aledaknol to make your gift.

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Stephanie K. Westerfield

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 17, 2017, at Central United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. Her 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. Interment will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday in Byron Cemetery, Byron, MI. Memorial contributions may be made to Lansing Matinee Musicale, Inc. or the Michigan Federation of Music Clubs.

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Jennifer A. Wyman

Funeral service: 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 18, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. Her family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:00 p.m. until service time on Saturday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation.

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