Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Pertz, Rosemary A. 2006 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 17, 2010, 5:27 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Saturday, January 7, 2006 Rosemary A. Pertz, 55, of Spring Lake, formerly Mt. Pleasant, succumbed to her long battle with metastatic breast cancer. At the time of her death on Thursday, January 5, 2006, she was surrounded by her family and good friends Sr. Diane and Sr. Linda of Emmaus Monastery, Vestaburg. Rosemary moved to Spring Lake with her husband Jerry just three years ago from Mount Pleasant. They had been member of Sacred Heart while residing in Mount Pleasant. They had also lived in Edmore and were active in St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, as well as Ionia and Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. At these various churches she served as parish secretary, choir member, Eucharistic minister, religious education teacher and Cub Scout Den Mother. She was preceded in death by her parents Ignatius and Rose Marckese and her sister Debbie Bailey. She is survived by her husband Jerry and son Scott and daughter-in-law Leslie of Lansing; sisters Kathy (John) Ponterelli of Englewood, Cal., Denise Lucas of Chardon, Ohio, and brothers Ken (Deborah) Marckese and Joe Marckese. A funeral liturgy will be celebrated at 1:00 p.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Spring Lake, MI with Rev. Leonard Sudlik as celebrant. Friends may meet the family 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., with a Rosary at 9 p.m., Sunday at VanZantwick Bartels Kammeraad Funeral Home in Spring Lake; and on Monday at church one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Spring Lake Cemetery. Memorials to the American Cancer Society are appreciated. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/p/pertz8094nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb