Obituaries

Ruth (Austin) Kernen

Memorial service: 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at Grace United Methodist Church, 1900 Boston Blvd., Lansing, MI. There will be no visitation. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the American Heart Association of Michigan at www.heart.org/okemos or the National Parkinson Foundation at www.parkinson.org are desired.

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Dorothy May Walter

Funeral service: 1:00 p.m. Friday, July 7, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel, interment will follow in Mt. Rest Cemetery, St. Johns. Visitation will be Friday one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

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Ruth Meyer Polin

Haslett, Michigan Ruth was born December 15, 1927, in Flushing, NY; she died June 29, 2017.  Ruth graduated from Barnard College (Columbia University) in 1948 and received her M.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1950.  She was a research chemist prior to marriage to Donald Polin in 1954.  Ruth taught Chemistry in New […]

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Thelma M. Smith

Graveside service: 1:00 p.m. on Friday, July 7, 2017, at DeWitt Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

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Shirley J. Schrader

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 29, 2017, at Emanuel First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1001 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Her family will receive friends beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to her church or the Greater Lansing Food Bank.

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Joy A. Behrmann

Memorial service: 7:00 p.m. on Friday, July 21, 2017, at South Church, 5250 Cornerstone Drive, Lansing. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Arthritis Foundation.

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Frank M. Feeley

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 1, 2017, at First Presbyterian Church, 510 W. Ottawa St., Lansing, MI. Visitation at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at Maple Ridge Cemetery, Holt, MI. The family will receive friends at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel on Friday, June 30th from 5-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to First Presbyterian Church of Lansing, MI, or The American Diabetes Association.

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Ruth M. Farmer

A memorial service will be held at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Her family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:00 pm until service time on Tuesday. A reception will follow at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 218 W. Ottawa, Lansing, MI 48933. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, in memory of Ruth Farmer.

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Stella DeMarco

Funeral Mass: 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 23, 2017, at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, 955 Alton Rd., East Lansing. The Rite of Committal will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday at the Church, where the Rosary will be prayed at 7:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to her Church or to Sparrow Home Hospice.

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Warren C. Emrick

Memorial service: 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Mayflower Congregational Church, 2901 W. Mt. Hope Avenue, Lansing. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to his church.

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Tracey Suarez

Memorial visitation: 2-5 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. In lieu of flowers, Tracey requested that you remember her by helping someone in need or volunteering your time.

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Marjorie J. Sleight

Memorial service: 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at Central United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing, MI. Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Spectrum Health Foundation (https://give.spectrumhealth.org/donation search Designation “Hospice”) or Capital Region Community Foundation (https://www.ourcommunity.org/donorservices/ourfunds keyword “Sleight”).

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Jack R. Youngs

Funeral service: 1:00 p.m. on Friday, June 23, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Interment will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. His family will receive friends beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Friday at the funeral home.

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Colleen J. Webb

A private family service will be held. Memorial contributions may be made to the Grand Chapter OES of Michigan (Order of the Eastern Star) Benevolence Fund, 13464 Preston Dr., Marshall, MI 49068.

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Carolyn H. Baker

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 6500 Amwood Dr., Lansing, MI. The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. Memorial contributions can be made to: American Lung Association, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church Lansing, Eaton Community Palliative Care, and the Capital Area Humane Society.

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Cortland M. Major

Memorial service: 2:00 p.m. on Thursday at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. His family will receive friends beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Michigan or the VFW National Home for Children in Eaton Rapids.

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Kevin R. Folleth

Memorial service: 2:00 p.m. on Friday at Trinity Church, 3355 Dunckel Rd., Lansing. His family will receive friends beginning at Noon on Friday at the church.

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