Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Selleck, Helen M. (Lindley) 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 December 18, 2009, 2:17 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 4 April 2002 Helen M. Selleck, 94, of Fenwick and Ionia areas, passed away on Tues., April 2, 2002. She was born on Jan. 31, 1908 in Battle Creek, the daughter of William and Edna (Faulkner) Lindley. Mrs. Selleck was raised by Edna and Henry Foltz. She graduated from Ionia High School in 1925 and married Foster J. Kenny in that same year. Helen was dedicated to family and friends, always remember birthdays and anniversaries with cards and letters. She enjoyed writing letters and notes and was faithful to her daily diary. She enjoyed crocheting, which were blue ribbon efforts at the Ionia Free Fair. She was interested in many sports, especially baseball, a passion that continued from her participation in the 1936 State Champion softball team. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Marjorie in 1996; son-in-law, Clarence Brown in 1990; grandson and Guy Kenny in 1992. She married Charles Selleck in 1967 and he also preceded her in death in 1999. Surviving are five children, Dorothy (Bert) Bennett of Orleans, Robert (Dee) Kenny of Belding, Josephine Brown of Greenville, Patricia (John) Currigan of Holt and James (Marion) Kenny of Greenville; son-in-law, Harry E. Orr Jr. of Ohio; step-children, Harry (Barb) Selleck of Muskegon, Karolyn (James) Van Noord of Sparta and Marcia (Steve) Fountain of Ionia; sisters and brothers-in- law, Dean (Mable) Selleck of Hastings, Jerry (Celia) Selleck of Ionia and Sylvia Church and Hettie Tatosian of Florida; 62 grandchildren, great- grandchildren and great, great-grandchildren; and special cat, “Maggie.” The funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Kenneth Harger of Shiloh Community Church at 11 a.m., Saturday at the Cook Funeral Home Rich Street Chapel with interment following at Balcom Cemetery in Ionia. The family will receive friends from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Friday at the funeral home. For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the Shiloh Community Church or to the Ionia Area Hospice in memory of Helen M. Selleck. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/selleck1748nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb