Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Simpson, Martha Jean (Welker) 2006
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Lakewood News, 28 Feb 2006

Martha Jean (Welker) Simpson went home to be with her Lord February 11, 2006 at
Tendercare of Hasting.  She was born March 12, 1921 in Kansas City, Missouri, to
Glenn and Josephine A. (Jackson) Welker.  She was raised later by her foster
parents, her aunt and uncle, Pastor Eugene and Goldie Spruling of Shelbyville, MO.

She played trombone in the high school band.  She was captain of the girls
basketball team and graduated with honors (1939).

She married John T. Simpson February 22, 1941 in Kansas City, MO and helped with
U.S.O. shows by singing and yodeling.  Traveled to 22 countries and 38 states
while her husband was in the service.  She was president of officers wives club
while in Italy and Japan, helping with the orphaned children.

Martha Jean worked as a hairdresser for two years, waitress for five years and
in the laundry maintenance at Ingham Medical Facilities on Dobie Rd., Okemos for
20 years.  She retired to childcare for 20 years.  She moved to Lake Odessa in
1997 after a stroke.  She will be greatly missed by many and her dog “Taco” and
all who called her mom, Grandma Jean or friend.  She was a member of Faith Bible
Church.

Preceding her was her parents and foster parents; husband, John T. of  (48
yrs.); son-in-law Rodney Bordner; nephew, Allen Lee Bulter; sister, Ari Marie
Welker, Muskogee, OK; brother, Bill Cadwell, Morningstar, Iowa; brother-in-law,
Cleo Hill, Ellington, MO; and great granddaughter, Brooke Pennington, Walker.

Survivors include step-dad, Samuel Miller, Kansas City, MO; daughters, Patricia
Ann Bordner, Lake Odessa, Connie Jean Morgan, Logan, Utah; “adopted” Pamela
(Mike) McCourt, Greenbush, Susie Mills (Jim) Fewless, Lansing; “adopted” sons,
Carlos Castrol (formerly of Chili), Lansing, Wayne (Sherry) Fyan, Freeport;
sister, Bette Lee (Jim) Bulter, Spring Hill, Kansas; sister-in-law, Hazel Hill,
Elington, MO; brother-in-law, Ben Simpson, Coushatta, LA; grandchildren, Andy
(Sandy) Morgan, Providence, Utah; Jeannie Lynn Morgan, Salt Lake City, Utah,
Sgt. Mary Morgan serving in Iraq, Kurt (Meliane) McCourt, Bloomfield Hills,
Michele (Phil) Seman, Lansing; foster grandchildren, Diane Hagadus, Lake Odessa,
Patty (Matt) Anderson, Lake Odessa, Missy (Kendall) Goodemoot, Portland, Char
Lukasiewicz, Grand Rapids, Jodie (Joe) Zimmer, Freeport, Virginia Fisher,
Lansing, Petra Martinez, Grand Rapids, Denise (Terry) Stevens, Woodland, Brenda
Harrell, Sandwich, IL, Stephanie Baldwin, Lake Odessa, Mike (Cathy) Raymond,
Farwell; 106 others; 129 great grandchildren, two biological, Emma Jean Morgan
and Samuel John Morgan, Utah; nine great-great grandchildren; one great great
great grandchild.

The viewing will be Wednesday, February 15 at Chapel in the Pines, 101 West
Jolly Road, Lansing from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. and Thursday, February 16 at
Faith Bible Church, 11 to 12 p.m.  Funeral services will be 12 noon with Pastor
Bruce Barker officiating.  Luncheon at 1 p.m.  Contributions can be made to
American Heart Association, Arthritis Foundation or Faith Bible Church.


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