Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ralbovsky, Gladys Juestina March 3, 2013
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Hastings Reminder - Sat. March 9, 2013

LAKE ODESSA, MI – Gladys Juestina Ralbovsky, Lake Odessa, formerly of Lansing.

Eulogy
Mom passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2013. She was born August 16, 1926 in 
Detroit. She spent most of her life in Lansing. In 2006 she moved to Lake 
Odessa where she lived with her daughter Geraldine (Jerry) and son-in-law Chad 
Kolodizieizyck.

In 1968 she began work at Total Service Station in 1801 N. Grand River, 
Lansing. In 1973 she was promoted to station manager and retired in 1988, after 
20 years of service. She loved her job and cared about her customers. Because 
of the service she provided and her caring ways many personal friendships 
developed. Running from the station to serve her customers was her friendly 
greeting “Hello how can I help you” to her standard “Have a good day” at the 
end of the transaction. 

I sometimes think she coined that phrase. Until about six months before her 
death she still communicated with some of her customers and delivery people.

She was a hard worker, quick witted, had a great sense of humor and loved to 
tease. No one was a stranger to her for long. She would strike up a 
conversation with a stranger while shopping or anywhere there were people. She 
loved to shop, her favorite store was Goodwill. Hours could be spent in a 
single trip, and that is not an exaggeration. Often during a Goodwill visit I 
would be found sitting on a chair waiting for mom to finish shopping. She loved 
animals especially our little dog, Zoey.

Preceding her in death was her husband, Joseph, 1999, and her sister, Naomi 
Weldon (Church) 1991.

Surviving are daughters, Ruth (Gordon) Hopkins, Geraldine (Chad) 
Kolodizieizyck, Linda (Bill) Fritch, Diana Lambright, Karen (David) Robinson; 
many loved grandchildren and great grandchildren; special friends, Anne Bengel, 
Marion and Norman Harris and Wayne Smith.

Thank you to Grace Hospice, Okemos, Visiting Physicians Assoc., Okemos, and 
Whitehills Health Care Center, East Lansing. Sincerest thanks to all of you. 

As requested she has been cremated and there will be no service. Cremation 
provided by Skinner Funeral Home in Lansing.

For those desiring memorial contributions may be made to: Alzheimer’s 
Foundation of America (AFA), 322 8th Ave. 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001, Grace 
Hospice, 2205 Jolly RD, #C, Okemos, MI 48864, Ingham or Ionia County Animal 
Shelter. To leave online condolences visit www.SkinnerFuneralHome.com.



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