Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Strachan, Jean 2007
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, December 12, 2007


Jean Kirtland Strachan went to be with her Lord and Savior on Dec. 10, 2007, 
at Clark Retirement Community, Grand Rapids.

Jean was born on April 9, 1916 to Florence and John Kirtland near Erie, Mich. 
She was the oldest of six children, two of whom survive her, Carol Pratt of 
Missouri, and Nancy (John) Trefethen of Palo. Her sisters, Allison Kaufhold 
and Joyce Napoli (Danny) and her brother John Kirtland (Colleen) predeceased 
her. She graduated from the University of Michigan School of Nursing in 1937 
and worked at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing where she met Howard Strachan of 
Muir, whom she married on April 30, 1939. He predeceased her in 1998. They 
settled in Ionia County and began 30 years of fruit and poultry farming with 
his parents at Empire Orchards on M-21. 
Jean worked at the Ionia County Memorial Hospital and was a nurse at the 
Michigan Training Unit in Ionia. She and Howard were members of the Ionia 
First Presbyterian Church for over 50 years and were active in the Masonic 
Lodge and its various affiliations. Jean was an active volunteer in Prison 
Ministry, American Red Cross, and Church Women United and she made two special 
trips to the Holy Land. 

Jean and Howard were parents of four children, Sandra (Gary) Lummen of Grand 
Rapids, John (Martha) Strachan of Denver, Colo., Norman (Linda) Strachan of 
Morrice, Mich., and Judith Magney of Toronto, Ontario. They had nine 
grandchildren, Amanda (Joe) Haskins of Plainwell, David (Missy) Dolphin of 
Kent City, Tim (Jennifer) Dolphin, of Grand Rapids, Tina Strachan of Texas, 
Lisa (Derek) Walker of Colorado, Mary Rutherford of Morrice, Bob (Belinda) 
Strachan of Oklahoma, Aaron (Judith) Magney and Kurt Magney of Toronto, Canada 
and nine great grandchildren. Jean will also be lovingly missed by her many 
cousins, nieces and nephews. She was a woman of great faith and lived a life 
committed to her Lord.

A celebration of Jean's life will be held on Friday, Dec. 14 at 1 p.m. at the 
First Presbyterian Church of Ionia with Rev. Judith Shaver officiating. Family 
invite friends and family to visit in the church parlor from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 
Graveside services will be at North Plains Cemetery. Please consider memorial 
contributions in lieu of flowers to First Presbyterian Church of Ionia, Ionia 
County Commission on Aging, Faith Hospice or Clark Retirement Community, 
Benevolent Care of Grand Rapids. Envelopes available at the Church or funeral 
home. The family is served by Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 200 Rich St, 
Ionia, Mich.


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