Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hawkins, Denise Kay (Patrick) 2002 ************************************************ 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 March 31, 2018, 1:15 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 21 Dec 2002 Denise (Dede) Kay Hawkins, 42, of Clarksville, passed away at her home Friday, Dec. 20, 2002. She was born Aug. 21, 1960 in Grand Rapids the daughter of David and Eleanor (Carter) Patrick. She graduated from Lake Odessa High School in 1978, Grace College in Winona Lake, Ind. Magna Cum Lade 1982, and Butler University, Indianapolis with her Masters Degree. She taught school at Heritage Christian in Indianapolis. She was a Missionary and teacher at Wycliffe Bible Translators, Peru, S.A. She also taught for the Blind, and Saranac High School for 11 years where she taught Spanish and English. She married James Hawkins June 20, 1992 in Alto. She was a member of South Boston Bible Church. She is survived by her loving husband James R. Hawkins of Clarksville; her precious children Joe Ben and Elizabeth (Ibby) at home; parents David and Eleanor Patrick of lake Odessa; brothers Ryan and Heather Patrick of Freeport and Randy and Lynn Patrick of Portland; sisters Susan and Dan Thornton of Soldotna, Alaska, and Amy and Mark Swift of Lake Odessa; grandmother Cecile Carter of Sunfield; parents-in-laws Ray and Gert Hawkins of Caledonia, and Grace Hawkins of Grand Raids; brothers-in-law Raymond and Penny Hawkins of Kansas, Bill and Mary Hawkins of Stevenson, Roy and Kathy Hawkins of Saranac and John and Sandy Hawkins of Freeport; sister-in-law Mary and Chad of Lowell; and many nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Saranac High School with Rev. Mick Rockafellow, Mr. Bruce Chadwick and Rev. Ronald Tuinstra officiating. Interment South Boston Cemetery. The family will receive friends and family Sunday, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Saranac High School. Parking east side of school – use cemetery entrance. Anyone wishing may make a memorial contribution to Gideons, Right to Life of Michigan or Trust Fund for Children. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/hawkins7467gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb