Obituaries

There will be no public service.

A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at Great Lakes Christian Home.   The family will receive friends at Great Lakes Christian Home beginning at 12:30 on Tuesday until service starts at 1:00.  Barbara will be laid to rest at Cherry Grove Cemetery in Clare, MI at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Memorial contributions may be made to Dress for Success Michigan.

We will celebrate the life of Irene at 10:00a.m., Saturday, May 31, 2025, at Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Visitation with family will be Saturday 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Greater Lansing Food Bank.

There will be no public service.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

The funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 30, 2025, at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church. Interment will follow at 2:00 p.m. in Meadowbrook Cemetery, Mulliken, MI. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the funeral on Friday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

There will be no public service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Unity Spiritual Center of Lansing.

There will be a celebration of life held at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to a college fund for Penelope and Adaline DuMond.

A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 11:00 am at Maple Ridge Cemetery in Holt, Michigan. The family will host a Celebration of Life ‘Party’ in July, on or around her birthday, in Hendersonville, TN. Donations, in lieu of flowers, can be made online to “The Sumner Center.”

A private family service will be held.

The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 15, 2025, at Chapel Pointe Holt.  The family will receive guests at the church on Thursday, for one hour prior to the funeral service.  Interment will take place in Dimondale Cemetery.

The Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 12, 2025, at the Church of the Resurrection. The Rite of Committal will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Family will receive friends at the church 1 hour prior to the funeral service. Memorial donations may be made to the Michigan Parkinson Foundation.

The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 12, 2025, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel, with interment to follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.  Her family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Sunday, as well as one hour prior to the funeral service on Monday.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Lansing City Rescue Mission or HarmonyCares Hospice.

There will be a celebration of life held 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday, for one hour prior to the celebration. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at the First Presbyterian Church of Holt. Her family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Holt or the Holt Education Foundation. 

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Victory Life Church, Battle Creek, MI. Memorial contributions may be made to the Victory Life Kids Camp or Wounded Warrior Project.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at Church of the Resurrection. Rite of Christian burial will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.  The family will receive guests at the church on Wednesday for 1 hour prior to the Mass.

Loraynes’s family will receive friends at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 30, 2025. The funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, May 1, 2025, at St. David’s Episcopal Church, with visitation beginning at 12:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Capital Region Community Foundation for the Richard and Lorayne Otto Scholarship, or St. Peter’s By-The-Lake Episcopal Church.

A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, April 28, 2025, at Evergreen Cemetery in Lansing.

The funeral service will be held at 12:00 p.m. Monday, May 5, 2025, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, with interment to follow in Deepdale Memorial Gardens.  His family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Monday.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.