Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bailey, Edith "Dolly" Louise (Piselli) January 11, 2022
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Ionia Shopper's Guide Sat.January 15, 2022

BAILEY
With her daughters by her side, Edith Louise (Piselli) Bailey, known by almost 
everyone as "Dolly", died peacefully on January 11, 2022, at Country Living 
Adult Foster care in Portland. 

She was born the only daughter of Italian immigrant parents the late Raffaee 
Piselli and Mary (Zaffarano) who settled in Ionia from Cosenza, Italy. Some may 
remember the Piselli Grocery on W. Lincoln Avenue that the whole family had a 
role in until it was sold in the mid 1960's.

Dolly was a life member of St.Peter and Paul Church in Ionia. She was a 1948 
graduate of St.Peter & Paul Academy.She married in 1950 and had three children. 
Dolly enjoyed the role of mother and homemaker until 1970.She then entered the 
workforce at Bosley Pharmacy. Most people would recognize her as the friendly 
smiling little lady at the front register. In retirement she filed her time as a 
substitute for Ionia Public Schools Food Service from 1993-2007. In her younger 
years, she enjoyed camping in West Michigan, cooking, traveling on bus tours, 
tending to her beautiful flowers, but most precious to her was spending time 
with her children and grandchildren.

She will be dearly by her children, Steven (Lynn) Bailey, Cheryl (Kim) Foster 
and Carol (Gordon) Francisco her grandchildren, Casey (Kelly) Bailey, Corey 
(Denise) Bailey, Brady (Rebecca) Foster, Matthew (Carmen) Foster, Krista Jay P) 
Dudley and Jenna (Brandon) Richmond, her great-grandchildren, Ethan and Xander 
Bailey,Eden (Josh) Gormer, Morgan Bailey,Kiera Hickerson, Olivia, Nolan and 
Gavin Foster, Ethan and Claire Foster, Sawyer and Grayson Dudley 4 great-grand 
children, her sister-in-law, Jean Piselli, and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, Dolly was preceded in death by her brother and 
sister-in-law, Frank and Anna Piselli, their daughter Mary Lynn Piselli,her 
brother Louis Piselli, and her in-laws on the Bailey side; Bert (Ruth) Bailey, 
Donald (Doris) Bailey, Robert (Joane) Bailey, and Helen (Clare) Wilson.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St.Peter & Paul Catholic Church 
in Ionia, on Tuesday,January 18, 2022, at 11 a.m., with Fr.Tom Brown 
officiating.Relatives and friends may meet with family immediately preceding the 
mass starting at 10 a.m.. A luncheon will follow mass in Apostles Hall in the 
school. Interment will be in the Spring at Mt.Olivet Cemetery. In lieu of 
flowers memorial contributions can be made to Country Living AFC, 7884 Emery 
Road, Portland,MI 48875 or Ionia Area Hospice, PO Box 124, Ionia, MI. 48846. The 
family requests that we continue to pray for a prevention or cure Dementia

Funeral care has been entrusted to Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, in Belding. 
To share a memory of Edith, order flowers or light a candle, please visit the 
website of the funeral home, www.jfft.com

Additional Comments:
Mt.Olivet Cem.

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