Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Frost, Alana D. (Gunderson) 2005
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Carson City Gazette, 9 Jan 2005

Alana D. Frost, 57, of Crystal, went home to Glory on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005,
at the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, after a courageous 3 ˝
years battle with leukemia.

She was born in Belding on Sept. 2, 1948, to Calvin and Eva Gunderson.  Alana
worked at Electrolux for 35 years until her retirement in 2002.  She was a
member of Freedom Way church of God in Crystal where she was known as “the lady
at the door” because of her greeting hugs.  She especially enjoyed her children
and grandchildren.  She enjoyed writing letters to friends and those in prison.
 She loved the farm and animals and especially her dog, Jane.  She married
Victor Frost on Nov. 23, 1968, in Crystal.

Alana was preceded in death by her parents; nephews, Dennis, Aldon, Aaron
Durham; brother-in-law, Burt Kloosterman; brother, Gordon Pollock; and
sister-in-law and husband, Sharon and Don Jolls.

She is survived by her husband, Victor; three sons and one daughter-in-law,
Peter and Angelina Frost of Louisville, Ky., Kelly and his friend, Michele of
Carson City, Matthew and his friend, Amanda, of Crystal; five grandchildren,
Michael, Charles, A.J., Brett and Kelsey; two sisters, Joanne and Aldon Durham
of Greenville, Shirley Kloosterman of Lowell ; three brothers, Ray and Lynne
Pollock of Lakeview, Greg and Donna Gunderson of Phoenix, Ariz., John Groaner,
who was her bone marrow donor, and his wife, Sandy, of Crystal; six
sisters-in-law, Josie Pollock, Judy Warner, Peggy and Chester Johnson, all of
Greenville, Mary and Clare Crawfis of Carson City, Linda and Roger Vanconis of
Greenville, Brenda and Lee Thompson; two brothers-in-law, Roger and Harold
Frost, both of Crystal; uncles, aunts and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

At this time the family would like to extend a special thanks to Alana’s
caregivers while she was in Ann Arbor;  Lynnette Peterman, Cleo Baldwin, Peggy
Johnson and Roxanne Van Hory.  The family also would like to thank the staff at
the University of Michigan Hospital, Lacks Cancer Center and Carson City Hospital.

A memorial services was Wednesday at Lux and Schnepp Funeral Home, Crystal, with
Brian Wickes officiating.  Alana was cremated and interred in Crystal Township
Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, the family recommends memorial contributions to
Freedom Way Church of God or the Leukemia Foundation. 


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