Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lalley, Patricia October 14, 2009 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com August 7, 2013, 2:51 am Ionia Sentinel Standard Descendent of 1838 Ionia county pioneer, Peter Hackett, longtime resident of Ionia, Patricia Lampkin Lalley, passed away peacefully in her home on Oct. 14, 2009 Patricia was born in Ionia in the home of her grandparents, Bert and Sarah Lampkin on Sept. 20, 1918. Patricia was the only child of Harold Lampkin and Berenice Marie Hackett Lampkin. Patricia, and her husband Jack Lalley, ran the L&D Hardware on Main Street in Ionia for 51 years. Patricia’s grandfather George Hackett operated a farm implement business in that building since 1885. Graduating in 1936 she was a fourth generation graduate of Ionia High School. Then Pat went to work at the State Capitol in Lansing where she was a secretary to the Attorney General. Patricia married John J. Lalley of Lowell, on March 9, 1943. They made their first home in Deming, N.M. where Jack was serving in the Air Force during WWII. After the war and a teaching stint in Dowagiac, Mich., the couple took up residence in Ionia where Jack taught at the Ionia High School. Patricia busied herself raising their three children; John, Michael, and Annette. In the early 1950’s Jack bought out his business partner, Lloyd Delehanty (hence the name L&D Hardware), retired from teaching and coaching and joined Patricia in the full time operation of the L&D Hardware. Truly a “Mom & Pop” store, Jack would wait on customers and Patricia would keep the books. If they left the store, you could find them across the street, at Haber’s, having coffee with friends from Main Street. Going “to work” six days a week for 51 years was how Patricia spent her life. The two of them would drive home for lunch together each day and return at 1:00. Patricia love yard work and hosting cook outs at the pool where her grandchildren held their birthdays. Patricia’s greatest joys came from caring for her children and grandchildren. Vacations often involved visiting Patricia’s grandchildren or attending their sports or academic events. She will be remembered as a first class listener, with an unyielding pioneer spirit who cared selflessly. Patricia is survived by her sons John Lalley of California and his children John, Mathew and Erin Anne; Michael (Madonna) Lalley of Ionia and their children Michael and Emily Anne-Marie; her daughter Annette (Mark) Lalley- Ritzema of Lowell and their children Jeffrey, Todd, Timothy and Katherine Patricia and nieces and nephews, who are the children of Robert and Bernice Lalley, Jo and Bill Lalley, and Margret and Lloyd Delehanty. Patricia was preceded in death by her mother Berenice Lampkin in 1989 and her husband Jack Lalley, 1998. A memorial service honoring Patricia Lalley will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Ionia. That church stands on ground that was donated by Peter Hackett. Patricia will be buried at St. Mary Cemetery in Lowell alongside her husband, Jack in the Lalley Plot. Donations in Patricia’s memory – made to the Ionia Public Schools Scholarship Fund. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/l/lalley22042nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb