Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Straley, Denise E.(Blackman) November 13, 2022 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@concast.net November 21, 2023, 4:32 pm Hasting's Reminder - Sat. November 19, 2022 DENISE STRALEY Denise E. Straley, age 76, lost her battle with Alzheimer's disease on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. She was preceded in death by her husband of 23 years,Thomas E. Straley. She is survived by her daughter,Megan (Craig) LeMarbe; grandchildren, Olivia, Logan and Gibson; her brother Graham Blackman; stepdaughter, Deborah Straley, and grandchildren, Amanda,Austin,Elizabeth and Samantha. Hailing from Bribane, Australia, one of Denise's proudest moment was becoming an American Citizen in 1995.She immigrated to California in 1971, then moved to Michigan in 1978 with her first husband,Roger, who was a native to the area.Denise spent years volunteering in the Woodland community to then spend more than two decades donating her time to the American Legion and Hastings Public Library. We are comforted knowing that Denise has been released from this disease and has returned to the activities she held a great passion for dancing, theater, music, travel and volunteering. A celebration of Life will be announced on local paper a held in May of 2023. It is only natural that we celebrated her memory, and lay her to rest with Tom, after the dreaded snow has long passed and her beloved birds have returned to join us in one last dance. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/straley46593nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb