Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Vance, Marcella "Marcy" (Lewandowski) July 16, 2019
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Ionia Sentinel Standard-Wed. July 31, 2019

MARCELLA VANCE
Marcella (LewandowskiMIKKO) Vance passed away on July 16, 2019, in Sebring, 
Florida.

She was born on Sept. 12, 1925, in Hamtramck, MI to Joseph A. and Martha 
(Yanick) Lewandowski. She received her degree in speech pathology in 1946 
from Michigan State College. In 1947 March Married Karl Mikko. They made 
their home in Carson City, MI. Marcy and Karl had three children; Martha, 
Dagmar and Karl (Mickey). In the early 1970s, March and Karl parted ways. In 
1976, Marcy married George Vance of Ionia. During their 26 year marriage, 
Marcy and George lived at Long lake in Ionia County. They were active in the 
Ionia community and in retirement spent their winters in Sebring. There they 
became Duplicate Bridge players. After George passed away in 2002, Marcy made 
Sebring her year-round home.

In 2010, March Marcy met  Paul Tekulve while they were each enjoying a 
favorite pastime - dancing. They were married in 2012 while on a romantic 
Panama Canal cruise and lived in Sebring. They shared a love of music, danced 
at every opportunity, traveled, embraced each other's families and friends 
and made each other very happy. Marcy was predeceased by her brother  Jerome 
(Budd) Lewandowski, George Vance, his children Ed Vance and Joanne (Vance) 
Kinsey, Paul's daughters Maxi Hassler and Vickie Folton.

Marcy is survived by her husband Paul and his family; her children Martha 
(John Eicher) of Bath, MI. Dagmar (Sam Fortier) of Anchorage, AK and Karl 
(Mickey) (Debi Friedrich) of Mt. Pleasant, MI; grandchildren Anna Mikko-
Eicher, Erik (Lisa) Eicher, Nova fortier, Matthew (Allyssa Fortier) Mikko-
Fortier and great-granddaughter Rayna Fortier; Sharon Vance and Valerie 
Vance.

A celebration of Life has been planed for Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, at 2 p.m. at 
lake Funeral Home in Ionia with visitation one hour prior to that.Those who 
knew Marcy and would like to celebrate her life are invited to join us.  
Interment will take place immediately afterward. Marcy's family thanks the 
beautiful people of Good Shepherd Hospice of Sebring for the warm and 
wonderful care they provided to her. For those who wish to donate to cause in 
her memory, we suggest Good Shepherd Hospice of Sebring or the ACLU.

For more information about Marcy's life, see the Lake Funeral Home website, 
lakefuneralhomes.com

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