Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Engelke, Geraldine Maude 2008
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, June 5, 2008

Geraldine Maude Engelke, of Ionia, age 81, passed away on Wednesday, June 4, 
2008. She was born on October 5, 1926 in Milwaukee, WI the daughter of Albert 
and Elsie (Ernst) Lindstrom. 

Mrs. Engelke was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Ionia and the 
Beta Phi Sorority of Ionia. She was a classically trained singer and while she 
lived in Kinde, Mich. she was a member of the First Presbyterian Church 
Choir.  She was a talented seamstress and an avid art enthusiast who 
chaperoned many art trips.  She worked with the Foster Grandparent program 
through the State of Michigan and Ionia Public Schools for many years. She was 
a wonderful mother who was very active and supportive in her children's life. 

She was preceded in death by her parents and a daughter, Vicky Lynn. Surviving 
are her children: Leslie M. (Michelle) Clayton and Judith L. (Duane) Emlinger; 
7 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren; brothers and sisters: Richard A. 
Lindstrom, Penney (Frank) Alex, and Loretta Ann Meyers; several nieces and 
nephews. 

The Funeral Service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, June 6, 2008 at the 
Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Homes, 220 Rich Street, Ionia with interment 
following at Easton Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral 
home on Friday from 12:00 p.m. until the service time. For those desiring, 
memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Ionia 
or to the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine A-310 East 
Fee Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824-9902, Allo# AAS153 Parkinson Research in 
memory of Mrs. Geraldine Maude Engelke.


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