Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Carr, Ilene Marie (Darling) February 22, 2017
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Ionia Sentinel Standard-Sat. Feb 25, 2017

ILENE CARR 1927-2017
Ilene Marie (Darling) Carr passed away peacefully at River Inn Adult Foster care 
Home on the afternoon of Feb. 22, 2017. Ilene was born in Portland, Michigan on 
Feb. 10th 1927 to Leroy Nelson Darling and Bernice (Hale) Darling.

Ilene spent much of her young life in Portland, MI attending grade school there. 
Sometime around the time she started Jr. High the family moved to Sebewa. It was 
in Sebewa that she met George Carr, whom she married on Sept. 26, 1943. George & 
Ilene remained in the Sebewa area and began to rent land to farm. Their family 
grew to include sons LaVern Edward (Helen) Carr and Kendall George (Jacqueline) 
Carr. And the farm grew to include several thousand acres, which laVern and 
Kendall continued to work after George's death on Nov. 16, 1989.

In 1975 George and Ilene purchased a cottage on Morrison lake and so began the 
families love for spending time there fishing, boating, water skiing, tubing, 
and just relaxing. The family cherishes this property and still gathers together 
there frequently. In 1993 a gentleman named Jim Debler began to call on Ilene 
and their friendship continued until his death in May of 2016. Jim and Ilene 
enjoyed many evenings watching  sports, listening to country music, and going to 
travelogues.

Ilene was a diligent wife, mother, and grandmother always able to "made do" and 
care for her loved ones, never one to complain about her situation. She always 
had a hearty meal prepared for who ever might becoming but especially for a 
grandchild coming home from school ready and waiting on a TV tray in front of a 
favorite cartoon show. For several years, Ilene enjoyed baking and decorating 
cakes for weddings and birthdays in the Sunfield/Portland area. She was also an 
experienced seamstress-remembered by her sons for the fancy western shirts she 
made them. Ilene spent many hours doing what "county women" do-tending a garden, 
butchering chickens, picking strawberries at Brovants, and preserving fruits and 
vegetables, as well as keeping a home. Ilene enjoyed making and selling craft 
items also-many orders of calico chicken doorstops were delivered around the 
Sunfield community. Ilene had a circle of friends called the "Birthday Club" who 
liked to celebrate each other's birthdays-most have passed away but will be 
waiting to party again with her in heaven. Ilene loved to feed and watch the 
humming birds-that is why you see the hummingbirds here today.

Ilene was preceded in death by her parents, her husband George, special friend 
Jim, brothers Bill and Pete Darling, and sister Kate Hembree. Ilene 
unconditionally loved her family and will be missed by her sons and their wives, 
grandchildren Cheryl(Jamie) Arnold, Karen (Dale) Hoppes, Dan (Teva) Carr, Kendra 
(Ryan) Bowser, Sara (Josh) Good, and Amanda (Matt) Plett, 14 great-grandchildren 
and two great-great-grandchildren, special nephew Chuck (Karen) darling, sister 
Ramona Burnham, sisters-in-law Barbara Darling and Bernadine Carr, a long with 
numerous nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank the staff at River Inn and Great lakes Caring for 
their dedicated care of Ilene and their kindness to our entire family. They 
helped to make this painful and sad event more bearable.

In lieu of flowers please contribute to "No More Sidelines" 4332 North Wacousta 
Rd., Fowler, MI. 48835, an organization which helps adults and children with 
autism. Ilene's great granddaughter, Shelby Hoppes, has participated in several 
of these programs and events. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m.-Tuesday Feb. 
28, 2017 at the Rosier Funeral Home, Mapes-Fisher Chapel, Sunfield, MI. 
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m.-Monday at the Chapel. Please visit the special page 
made for Ilene M. Carr or leave a condolence or light a candle; 
www.RosierFuneralHome.com

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