Obituaries

Ruth Anne Taliaferro

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at Emanuel First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lansing. Entombment will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Her family will receive relatives and friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. on Monday at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Emanuel First Lutheran Church & School.

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Rev. Christopher Ian Chenoweth

ThefFuneral service will be held at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, on Saturday, December 17, 2022, at 12:00 p.m.  The funeral will be livestreamed. The family will greet visitors at the funeral home for 1 hour prior to the service.  Interment will follow at Leek Cemetery.

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Richard Hershberger

Age 80, passed away December 8, 2022.  He was born May 24, 1942, in Anderson, Indiana, to Russell and Catherine Hershberger.  Richard retired from the State of Michigan.  He will be buried next to his wife, in Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly, Michigan.

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Michele Corinne Hibbs

Visitation will be from 12-3 and 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. If anyone wishes to share memories of Michele, they may do so from 2:30-3:00 p.m. (during the first visitation). Memorial donations may be made to the Capital Area Humane Society or Susan G. Komen (Breast Cancer Foundation).

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Dale E. Marshall

Funeral service: 12:00 p.m. Saturday, January 14, 2023, at Holt Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Oaklawn Cemetery, Stockbridge. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the church.

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Jim F. Sack

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 7, 2023, at Our Savior Lutheran Church, Lansing. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Our Savior Lutheran School or a charity of the donor’s choice.

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Dennis King

Dennis R. King

His family will receive friends at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel beginning at 4:00 p.m. Monday, December 12, 2022, and ending with eulogies and sharing by family and friends at 7:00 p.m.  

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Laura M. Douglas

Memorial service: 1:00 p.m. Sunday, December 18, 2022, at at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. The family encourages donations to the Capital Area Humane Society in Laura’s name in lieu of flowers.

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Shirley Jean Azelton

Inurnment will be held on Monday, April 17, 2023, in St. Joseph Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph, MO. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ingham County Animal Shelter.

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Christopher Blair Johnston

The Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 17, 2022, at St. Martha Parish, Okemos. There will be a visitation one hour prior to the service at St. Martha Parish. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to St. Martha Parish, Capital Area Humane Society, The Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Foundation, Wounded Warrior Project, or a veteran’s organization of the donor’s choice.

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Alicia Torrez Lewis

Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 15, 2022, at Cristo Rey Catholic Church, Lansing, with visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Jim Fish

James C. Fish, Jr.

The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 5, 2022, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, with interment and military honors to follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.  His family will receive friends at the funeral home from 9:00 a.m. until service time on Monday.

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Joan Marie Dyke

The funeral will be at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. There will be a visitation one hour prior to the funeral on Wednesday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

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