Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Shore, Mona Hope January 23, 2004
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, date unknown
Mona Hope Shore, 80, of Holly Hill, Florida died early Friday morning, January 
23, 2004 at Halifax Medical Center after a two-week hospitalization.  She was 
born Mona Hope Downing in Alma on April 11, 1923, the ninth child of Charles 
and Emma Mae Miller Downing.  Hope worked at Ionia Manufacturing during WWII, 
then later Trojan Athletic Mills.  After marrying Robert J. Shore in 1960, she 
operated her own beauty parlor until retirement.  In 1982 Hope and Bob Shore 
moved to Florida.

Hope was a crafter.  She enjoyed crocheting, knitting and quilting.  When not 
fashioning afghans, comforters and clothing for the family, she made lap robes 
for veterans.  Every family marriage and birth was an opportunity for her to 
express her love with her hands.   Hope’s greatest pleasure came from family.  
In her roles as Grandma Shore, Aunt Hope, sis, mom and wife, she is remembered 
for her zest for life, her compassion and her refusal to bow to adversity.  

A child of The Great Depression, Hope contributed regularly to charities that 
helped the poor and the hungry.  Her favorite organization was Samaritan’s 
Purse.  The family has requested that flowers not be sent.  Persons wishing to 
make an expression of sympathy may make a donation in her name to a charity 
serving the poor.

She is survived by her husband, Robert J. Shore and her son, Roland Crane 
(Pat) of Midland.  Hope was a grandmother of four, Angela Bruder (David) of 
Novi, Michael Crane (Tara) of Greenville, North Carolina, Jennifer Harms 
(Nathan) of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  Her first grandson, Jeffrey Crane, 
died in 2002.  Hope had five great-grandchildren.

She is predeceased by two husbands, Wincett Bugbee and Paul Crane, and her 
siblings, Leland, Olive, Lillian, Elwin, Alberta, Roberta, Cleon, Cliftain and 
Joy.

A memorial gathering will be held at the Holly Forest Club House, 1000 Walker 
Street, Holly Hill Wednesday at 1 p.m.  the Rev. Beverly Richardson, First 
Presbyterian Church, New Smyrna Beach, will officiate.


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