Obituaries

Christopher D. Knight, Jr.

Funeral service: 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 25, 2017, at South Lansing Christian Church, 6300 N. Aurelius Rd., Lansing, MI 48911. Visitation will be from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. on Sunday at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to a Go Fund Me page set up in memory of Chris.

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Dan A. Magistro

Mass of Christian Burial: 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 29, 2017, at the Church of the Resurrection, 1505 E. Michigan Avenue, Lansing. The family will receive friends on Thursday, September 28th from 5-8 p.m. at Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, 325 W. Washtenaw, Lansing and 10 a.m. at the church on Friday. The rosary and the Knight of Columbus Chalice Ceremony will be celebrated at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, please consider honoring his life with a donation to one of the following charities: to honor Dan’s dogs – Voiceless Michigan or Karen Hartwig Foundation; to honor a cousin’s son – Families Against Narcotics Ingham County; to honor where we all started – Resurrection School.

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Samuel Hall

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 23, 2017, at Immanuel’s Temple Systems of Church, 5400 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lansing, MI 48911. His family will receive friends at the church at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association.

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Emly Rose (Marks) Horne

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 22, 2017, at University Lutheran Church, East Lansing, with interment to follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Her family will receive friends at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday and beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Friday at the church.. Memorial contributions may be made to University Lutheran Church organ fund, or Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

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Geneva I. Moorehouse

Celebration of Geneva’s life: 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 29, 2017, at Pilgrim Congregational UCC, 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. Family visitation at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Lansing Habitat for Humanity or Pilgrim Congregational UCC.

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Lynn Kerner Rycus

Memorial service: 12:00 p.m. on Monday, September 11, 2017, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 1924 Coolidge Rd., East Lansing. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice House of Mid-Michigan.

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Jean M. Bennett

Jean M. Bennett

The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, September 11, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing, with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Her family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2 – 5 p.m. Sunday. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Great Lakes Caring Hospice, Great Lakes Christian Home, or the Mother Teresa House.

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Peggy Stryker

Margaret L. “Peggy” Stryker

The funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Monday, September 11, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. Her family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2:00 p.m. until service time on Monday. Private interment will take place in Cadillac.

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Luann C. (Nalett) Kramer

Funeral service: 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 7, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Interment will follow in Maple Hill Cemetery, Charlotte. Her family will receive friends beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Leader Dogs for the Blind or VFW Post #2406 in Charlotte.

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S. Richard “Dick” Pearse

Funeral Mass: 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 6, 2017, at St. Gerard Catholic Church, 4437 W. Willow Hwy., Lansing, MI 48917. The Rite of Committal will take place in Deepdale Memorial Gardens. His family will receive friends beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the church.

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Hiep Van Nguyen

Buddhist prayers: 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 2, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. Cremation will follow. His family will receive friends from 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home.

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Joan C. Fuller

Funeral service: 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. Interment will follow in Maple Ridge Cemetery. Her family will receive friends beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to McLaren Hospice.

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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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