Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gregg, Myriam R.(Guillaume)  Ghastin December 25, 2022
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Myriam R.Gregg died of congestive heart failure December 25, 2022, at home 
surrounded by family in Ionia,MI. She was 99 years 9 months. Myriam was born 
Raymonde Angeline Armondine Guillaume, oldest of 5 children of Solange Colin and 
Emile Guillaume on March 11, 1923, in Longnes, west of Paris,France. After her 
father died when she was 13, she helped support the family by working for a 
cousin who owned a bakery, delivering bread on foot.She was just a teenager at 
the start of the Nazi occupation of France during WWII.  At 23, she came to  
Michigan in the spring of 1946 as a war bride of Roswell Ghastin and lived in 
Benzie County for many years where she learned English and became a practical 
nurse at the Frankfort Hospital working for her friend and mentor Ena Jackson. 
This is when and where she changed her name to Myriam. After their divorce, she 
met (over Ham-Radio) and then married Glenn W.Gregg in Sault Ste.Marie, MI on 
Jan. 21, 1956. There they had 4 children, George, Phillip, Glenna, and Annette.
They made their home in the Soo for many years.

In 1968, Glenn got a job at the Ionia Sentinel Standard and the rest of the 
family moved to Ionia in the fall of 1970. Myriam also worked part-time at the 
Sentinel-Standard as a "stuffer" before machinery inserted the ad flyers in the 
paper and in the print shop in the basement. Myriam was kind to her older 
neighbors and looked in on them and helped them when they were ill. She also 
loved to knit, crochet, and tat. She knitted many sets of booties, mittens, and 
hats for Eight-Can over the years until a broken wrist made it too difficult.
She was in relatively good health until about 3 years ago and was known to walk 
the mile or so to town and then back again even into her 90's.She was a member 
of T.A.S.Y.L's, an amateur radio club, for 55 years and had her Ham ±Radio 
license for over 60 years.

She was preceded in death by her husband Glenn in 1986, her father in 1936, 
mother in 1993, brother Marcel in 2016, niece Louisette in June 2022, her 
brother-in-law Jim Gregg, sister-in-law Jean Gregg and Minnie (Jim) ±Ferraro and 
son-in-law ±Raymond Johnson.

She is survived by her children George (Carol)Gregg, Phillip Gregg, Glenn 
(Raymond) Johnson of Arkansas, Annette (David) McCord and her sister-in-law 
Colette Guillaume, her sisters, Theresa(Louis)Geffroy, Henriette (Pierre) 
Barthelemy, Giselle (Lucien) Heymonet, half-sister Gabrielle Vieules and 
recently discovered (through DNA) in-laws Rosemary Reese, Ernest Johnson and 
Betty VanHuss.She was a grandmother to Jennifer Gregg,Justin Gregg, Rachel Lau, 
Jody Johnson, Aaron Johnson, Brad Johnson, Amanda McCord-Ford, Colleen Farrell, 
and Joe McCord. A great-grandmother to 11, Aunt and Great-Aunt to many. She will 
be missed by all.

Funeral services will be at Lake Funeral Home in Ionia on Monday, January 2, 
2023, 1:00 PM. A visitation will be 2 hours prior to services from 11-1. In lieu 
of flowers or plants, please donate to the American Heart Association. Online 
condolences may be made at www.lakefuneralhomes.com

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