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Riverside Cemetery; Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan

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Mildred Irene Bigelow

Obituary:
Mildred, 90, of St. Louis, Michigan passed away Thursday, at her home.
Funeral Services were held at Smith Family Funeral Homes, St. Louis Chapel on Monday, May 9, 2011, with Pastor Randall Mead officiating.
Irene was the daughter of Day and Cecelia (Riggs) Bigelow. She attended Breckenridge High School. On October 30, 1948 Irene married Basil Giles, he predeceased her in 2001. Irene was a homemaker and she enjoyed doing crossword & word find puzzles, she also enjoyed Michigan University Football. She was a member of St. Louis Church of God.
Survivors include her son, Kenneth Giles of St. Louis, MI, 2 daughters; Nancy Decker of St. Louis, MI, Paris Decker of St. Louis, MI, granddaughter; Misty Thick of St. Louis, MI, 2 sisters; Velma and James Owens of Traverse City, MI, Frances McClintic of Alma, MI, and 2 brothers; Dean and Carol of Traverse City, MI, Bernard and Hope Bigelow of Breckenridge, MI.
She was predeceased by her parents, husband Basil, sister Lillia Gross, and brother Herbert Riggs.
Memorials may be made to Gratiot County Meals on Wheels.
The family is being served by Smith Family Funeral Homes St. Louis Chapel St. Louis, Michigan.

Ridgelawn Cemetery; Breckenridge, Gratiot County, Michigan

 
Hubert and Wanita; Ridgelawn Cemetery; Breckenridge, Gratiot County, Michigan

Velma (Bigelow) Owen
     Velma L. Owen, 89, of South Boardman, passed away on March 5, 2016 at her home. She was born at home in Gratiot County, Emerson Township on August 8, 1926 to the late Day and Celia (Riggs) Bigelow.
     Velma married James E. Owen on July 11, 1945 in Ithaca. She enjoyed farming with her husband, gardening, country music, Wheel of Fortune, word searches and puzzles.
     Survivors include her sons, Robert (Raye) Owen of Middleton and Gary D. (Rhonda Dostal) Owen of South Boardman; grandchildren, Eric, Michael, Josh and Angie; siblings, Bernard (Hope) Bigelow of Breckenridge, Dean (Carol) Bigelow of Rapid City and Frances McClintic of Alma.
     Preceding Velma in death was her husband; daughter, Janet K. Owen; and siblings, Hubert Bigelow, Irene Giles, Lillian Gross and Norma Jean Bigelow.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 11th at noon at Alma United Methodist Church with visitation beginning at 11:00 am until the time of service. Reverend Debbie Thomas will be officiating. Burial will be at Chapel Gardens Cemetery in Alma.
Memorials may be given in lieu of flowers to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38106-3678 or a charity of your choice.
Arrangements were made by Wolfe-O’Neill Funeral Home, our family serving yours.

Elk Grove Cemetery; Elk Rapids, Antrim County, Michigan

Obituary:
Today my grandpa died. He would be 91 years old this October. He was born the day the stock market crashed in 1929. As the son of a mid-Michigan farmer, he knew the value of hard work. He loved Jesus and loved to sing his praises in a deep bass voice. He had an incredible mind for numbers and could calculate acres, studs, square footage, drywall, or any type of building material in his head in seconds. He loved 3 women in his life; Phyllis, the mother of his six children, Lorraine (deceased), co-parent, partner in business and soulmate, and Carol,
later-in-life travel companion, sharing a deep love for church family and worship music. He is dearly loved by 36 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
We will miss you grandpa. Your gentle voice and tender heart, your love of us and your desire to be involved in our lives, your witty humor and always ready wisdom and comfort will be greatly missed. May you have time to sing your heart out to Jesus and finally find rest in the shadow of his wing. We love you and we will miss you... until we too will run to Jesus and live.
Dean is survived by his six children, Dennis Bigelow (Rebecca), Vicki Galloup (Sam Larson), Kimberlee McCarren (Patrick), Bradley Bigelow, Michelle Hoffmann (Mark) and Melanie Olson (Gerald) and their mother, Phyllis Bigelow. Dean is also survived by his wife, Carol, Carol's children, Celeste Brackob, Elise McKinch (Jack), Curt Brackob and Lorraine's children, Jeff Martin (Adriana), Michael Martin (Michelle), Elisabeth Marcantel (Scott, deceased), Cindy Webb (Matthew) and James Martin (Shari).
The families will welcome visitors at Covell Funeral Home in Elk Rapids, Friday July 24, 2020, from 6-8 pm. Celebration of Dean's life will be held, outdoors, Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 10:00 am at Kewadin United Methodist Church, Kewadin MI.

Riverside Cemetery; Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan

Warren F. Gross, 63, of Alma, died Saturday, July 26, 1997 at Gratiot Community Hospital.
Funeral services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Dewey Funeral Home in Alma with the Rev. Harold Prong officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Alma.
Mr. Gross was the son of Lewis and Ruth Potter Gross. He married his first wife, Lillian Gross, on March 21, 1953, and she preceded him in death on Aug. 4, 1983. He married Shirely Lombard on Aug. 14, 1986.
He was a very devoted loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. He loved camping, gardening, cooking and his family.
Mr. Gross served in the U.S. army and was employed at the Michigan Masonic Home and Carson City Correctional Facility.
He is survived by his wife, Shirely Gross of Alma; children, Pamela Kavulich of Birmingham, Ala., Greg (Patty) Gross of Alma, Cheryl Mercado of Gulfport, Miss., Randy (Amy) Gross of Alma, and Shelia (Patrick) Bergin of Alma; 11 grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lillian Gross; one brother; one sister, and his father, Lewis Gross.

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