Obituaries

Jacqueline Wilcox Petrocelli

A graveside service to inter Jacqueline’s cremated remains will be held at Oakwood Memorial Park in Ottawa, IL., on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Capital Area Humane Society.

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Felimon Solorzano

Visitation: 3-7 p.m. on Friday, October 25, 2019, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Interment will take place in Durango, Mexico. Memorial contributions may be made to The Worldwide Work of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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Norma Joan Eastwell

Graveside service: 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 24, 2019, at Delta Center Cemetery (north side), Lansing, MI. Her family will receive friends and relatives from 1-2 p.m. prior to the service on Thursday at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

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Joyce A. Burt

Funeral service: 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 24, 2019, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. Interment will follow in Maple Ridge Cemetery. Her family will receive relatives and friends from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday and beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Ingham County Medical Care Facility (Okemos) or Great Lakes Christian Homes (Holt).

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Iva Grace Butler

Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, at St. Mary Cathedral in Lansing. Interment will follow at Maple Ridge Cemetery in Holt. The family will receive friends at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel on Tuesday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. with a 7:30 p.m. Rosary.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary Cathedral, 219 Seymour Ave., Lansing, MI 48933

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Doreene Mae Cooper

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 26, 2019 at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 6-8 p.m. and again on Saturday for 1 hour prior to the service.

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Sharon K. Cooper

Sharon Kay Cooper

The funeral service will be held at 12:00 p.m., Friday, November 1, 2019, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel.  Her family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11:00 a.m. until service time on Friday. 

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LaVerne Ronald Foess

Funeral service: 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lansing. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Highfields, Inc. or McLaren Homecare Group (hospice).

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Lynn Gunthorpe

Lynn Gunthorpe

The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4001 S.  Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing.  His family will receive friends at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Monday, and one hour prior to the funeral service at the church on Tuesday.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Brenda E. Armitage

The funeral service for Brenda will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel. Visitation will be 2:00-4:00 and 6:00-8:00 p.m. Monday, as well as one hour prior to the service on Tuesday at the funeral home. In lieu flowers memorial donations may be made in memory to Hospice of Lansing, Inc.

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Chia Vang

Funeral service begins at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, October 21, 2019, at the Masonic Lodge #70, 840 E. Columbia St., Mason, MI. Interment will follow in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Lansing. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 19th and 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 20th, all at the Masonic Lodge in Mason.

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Wally Fowler

Wallace “Wally” Fowler

The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 12, 2019, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 3815 S. Cedar St., Lansing.  His family will receive friends at the church from 10:00 a.m. until the funeral begins at 11:00.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice House of Mid-Michigan. 

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Montague L. Thocker

Memorial service: 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, 2019, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel, with visitation beginning at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Lansing Fire Department Honor Guard.

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Sheela Marie Carrier-Rizer

Memorial service: 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 13, 2019, at the Estes-Leadley Holt/Delhi Chapel, with visitation beginning at 12:00 p.m. Memorial contributions, in memory of Sheela, may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

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William J. “Bill” VanHoesen

There will be no services. In memory of Bill and in lieu of flowers donations may be made to your local food bank, or Michigan Chapter of the American Cancer Society. Arrangements are by the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel.

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Carol Lynn Leikam

Funeral service: 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 9, 2019, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Following the service the family will be holding a reception at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at 7000 W. Saginaw Highway. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 8th. In lieu of flowers contributions to benefit Carol’s children can be given to Robert Limas, Oakland Park, FL.

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Deborah A. “Debby” Pierce

Memorial service: 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 19, 2019, with visitation at 10:00 a.m., at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Lansing. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

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David James Hardison

Graveside service: 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 4, 2019, at Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, MI. Memorial contributions may be made to Buck-Reasoner Post #238, American Legion, Holt, MI.

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