Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Lorane (Insley) (Francisco) 2015 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net January 17, 2018, 8:09 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 25 Jul 2015 Lorane Edwards, 78, of Ionia passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at Sparrow-Ionia Hospital. Lorane was born on Aug. 21, 1936, in Smyrna, the daughter of Howard F. and Clara A. (Lockwood) Insley. She graduated from Belding High School with the Class of 1954 and had worked at the Ionia County Commission on Aging. Lorane was a long-time member of the First Baptist Church, Belding, and loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She enjoyed reading and cooking. Lorane will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, first husband Clyde “Gerry” Francisco in 1963, her second husband Mike Edwards in 2012 and a sister-in-law, Cathy Insley in 2010. Lorane is loved and survived by her children, Clyde and Brenda Francisco, Shane and Dawn Francisco, Gordon and Carol Francisco all of Ionia, Dixie Sandborn of Portland, Matt and Tammy Edwards of Ionia, Lynn Edwards of Eek, Alaska; 16 grandchildren; six great grandchildren; her sisters and brothers, Charlene and Pete Saladin of Belding, Cheri Insley of California, Jeff Insley of Smyrna and Robert and Lisa Insley of Belding. In keeping with her wishes no visitation will take place. Graveside funeral services will be 4 p.m. Saturday, July 25, 2015, at Woodard Lake Cemetery with Pastor Mike Simmons officiating. Memorials may be given to Ronald Township Firemen Fund and may be mailed to Post Office Box 336, Palo, MI 48870 or left at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding where funeral care has been entrusted. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/e/edwards7097gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb