Obituaries

Elmer E. Speer, Jr.

Funeral service: 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 5, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. Interment will follow in East Lawn Memory Gardens, Okemos. His family will receive friends beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the family.

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Diane A. Beehler

Funeral service: 1:00 p.m. on Friday, August 25, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. Her family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home and beginning at 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Casual attire is encouraged. In lieu of flowers, a donation to go to ASPCA is preferred.

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Matthew “Butch” Rens, Jr.

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 25, 2017, at Grovenburg United Methodist Church. Family will receive friends on Thursday evening at the church from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and at 10:00 a.m. Friday. Interment will take place at Markham Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project or the Capital Area Humane Society.

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Ramona G. Alegria

Funeral service: 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 2, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Dimondale. Her family will receive friends beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 2, at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

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Sandra K. Parsons

A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 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 Tuesday. In lieu of flower, memorial contributions may be made to the Ingham County Animal Control Shelter.

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Eva J. Crusoe

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 26, 2017, at Greater Love Apostolic Temple, 505 Seymour Ave., Lansing. Interment will follow in East Lawn Memory Gardens, Okemos. Her family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, August 25th at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel.

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Maxine R. Lechlitner

Memorial service: 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 26, 2017, at Holt United Methodist Church, 2321 N. Aurelius Rd. Her family will receive friends beginning at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday at the church. Inurnment will take place at a later date in Maple Ridge Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Holt United Methodist Church, Buck Reasoner Post #238 American Legion, or the Ingham County Animal Shelter.

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Edward A. Ziesman

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at Emanuel First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1001 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. His family will receive friends beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday at the church. The family asks that in lieu of flowers donations be made to his church.

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Dorothy Schuitema

Funeral service: 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Her family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, where the Rosary will be prayed at 7:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Sparrow Hospice Services or St. Casimir Catholic Church

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Russell Weston

Private interment will be held at Deepdale Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of one’s choice.

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Diana Knight

Memorial visitation: 4:00-7:00 p.m., Friday, August 18, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

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Hector Velez

There will be no services, but donations can be made to Hector’s memorial fund at: https://www.gofundme.com/velez-memorial-fund

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Christopher J. Couch

Memorial service: 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 19, 2017, at Central United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. with a reception to follow at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church next door. Donations can be made in Chris’s name to Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders, and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

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Mary Ann Brandt

Memorial service: 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 26, 2017, at Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. A visitation will precede the service at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, the Great Lakes Caring Hospice Foundation, or to Seniors Helping Seniors.

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Ruth Esther Jones

Funeral service: 11 a.m. Saturday, August 5, 2017, at First Baptist Church of Okemos, 4684 Marsh Rd. Interment will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Lansing, MI. Visitation will be held at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel on Friday, August 4, 2017, from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 10:00-11:00 a.m. at the church. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Youth Haven Ranch, the Gideon’s, or Samaritan’s Purse.

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Alan L. VerPlanck

A graveside service will be held at Evergreen Cemetery, Lansing. Friends are invited to meet at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 1704 E. Saginaw St., Lansing, at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 5, 2017, and process to the cemetery for the service. Preferred memorials may be sent to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.

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Beverly Alice Harding

Graveside service: 12:00 p.m. Thursday, August 3, 2017, at Deepdale Memorial Gardens in Lansing The family will receive friends at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel on Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. Those who wish may make memorial contributions in Beverly’s memory to the ASPCA.

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