Ionia-Montcalm County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lindsey, Zella Maria 2004
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The Greenville Daily News, February 2004


Zella Maria Lindsey, 90, of Greenville, passed away Thursday morning, February 
19, 2004 at United Memorial Health Center Long Term Care Unit, Greenville.  The 
daughter of L.J. and May Elizajane Malosh Crankshaw, she was born September 7, 
1910 in Grand Rapids.  

On July 11, 1928, in Belding, she married Charles L. Lindsey.  After raising 
her family, Zella enrolled in beauty school at the age of 48.  For many years 
she owned and operated Zella’s Beauty Shop.  She was a longtime member of 
Community of Christ Church (formerly Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of 
Latter Day Saints), Order of the Eastern Star Princess-Doric Chapter and 
Cleveland-Wolverton VFW Ladies Auxiliary in Greenville. Before her health 
failed her, she enjoyed handicrafts, especially needlework and sewing.  

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles L. Lindsey, on August 1, 
1986; two sons, Bert Charles Lindsey, Vern Kale Lindsey; two sisters, Ella 
Stanke, Edna Orvis; and two brothers, Hoyt Crankshaw, Eugene Crankshaw.  She is 
survived by two daughters, Drusilla “Dru” Hoxie of Potterville, 
Priscilla “Perky” Lindsey of Cedar Springs; son and three daughters-in-law, 
L.J. “PeeWee” and Katherine “Tena” Lindsey of Belding, Martha Lindsey of Key 
West, Florida, Elizabeth “Betty” Lindsey of Greenville; brother, Earl Crankshaw 
of Gowen; 17 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and 18 great-great 
grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Funeral services are 3 p.m. Sunday at Brown-Teman & Christiansen Funeral Home, 
Greenville, with Elder Varian Bauman officiating.  Private interment is in Rest 
haven Memory Gardens, Belding, on Monday.  Envelopes for memorial contributions 
to the American Cancer Society are available at the funeral home, where the 
family will receives relatives and friends from 2 to 4  and 6 to 8 p.m. 
Saturday.


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