Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Alice Jean 2008
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Saturday, November 29, 2008
Alice Jean Smith passed away at her home surrounded by her family on Tuesday, 
November 25th after a long courageous battle with cancer. 

Known as Jean to her family and friends, she was born on March 22, 1933 in 
Hubbardston, MI. Her parents were Alice (Wiggins) and Thomas Ward. She was the 
seventh of eight children in her family. She attended St. John the Baptist 
Catholic School in Hubbardston and graduated in 1951. She worked as a 
telephone operator and secretary in Lansing for two years. She married Elmer 
Cunningham in May of 1953 and they had six children. She married Leslie Smith 
in April of 1974 and became a stepmother to his three children. Besides being 
a full time mother, Jean worked for several years at the Lyons Trim Plant and 
later as secretary for a Coal mining company in Hanna, Wyoming. She was a 
loving mother and proud grandmother. She loved to cook and her specialty was 
baking cookies that she loved to give away as gifts. She loved to teach her 
daughters and granddaughters how to cook. 

She is survived by her husband Leslie Smith; her children: Sharon (Kevin) 
VanEtt of Ionia, Nancy (Dave) Smith of Portland, Carol (Randy) Hoppes of Muir, 
Ken (Linda) Cunningham of Pinconning, David (Denise) Cunningham of Ionia, Gary 
(Dawn) Cunningham of Muir and two stepsons, Craig and Chris Smith of Orleans. 
She is also survived by 13 grandchildren: Melissa and Laura VanEtt, Ryan 
(Raychel) Smith, Rachel (Chris) Wyman, Stacey (Derek) Smith, Nick and Wesley 
Hoppes, Evan Cunningham, Kelsey, Trent, and Devin Cunningham, Brandon and 
Brent Cunningham. Great Granddaughters, Emily and Caelyn Smith; brother Jim 
Ward of Hubbardston. 

The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by the Rev. Melvin Fox, Pastor 
at 11 am Saturday, November 29, 2008 at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 
Ionia with Rite of Committal following at Woodard Lake Cemetery. The family 
will receive friends at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 220 Rich Street 
Ionia from 2-4 and 6-8 pm Friday. A rosary will be prayed at 7:30 pm Friday. 
For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the Sparrow Hospice 
in memory of Mrs. Alice Jean Smith.


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