Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Willits, Frances Marie 2008
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Ionia Sentinel Standard
WILLITS, FRANCES MARIE (SHAW)(SIMMONS)(MRS. HAROLD)(MRS. CLAYTON):
   IONIA SENTINEL-STANDARD, MI; Thursday, May 22, 2008.  Page 2:  "Obituaries -
Frances Marie (Shaw) (Simmons) Willits, of Ionia, age 89, passed away on
Wednesday, May 21, 2008.
   She was born on Oct. 28, 1918 in Lake Odessa, the daughter of J. Glenn and
Mary (Augst) Shaw.  Mrs. Willits was a member of the Berlin Center United
Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women, and the Berlin Center Grange.  She
was a member of the North Berlin Aid Society and was a 4-H Leader for many
years.  She was a great cook, baker and seamstress who loved her children,
grandchildren, and great-grandchildren dearly.  She was preceded in death by her
husband Harold Simmons in 1966.
   In 1967 she married Dr. Clayton Willits and he preceded her in death in 1979.
 She was also preceded in death by 4 brothers and 2 sisters.
   Surviving are her children Carl (Karen) Simmons of Ionia, Marilyn Hotchkiss
of Saranac, H. Keith (Gail) Simmons of Ionia and Carolyn (Jack) Westmoreland of
Charlotte; grandchildren Dan (Cristine) Simmons of Vienna, Ga., Rebecca (Rick)
Cannan of Pompano Beach, Fla., Katrina Simmons of Ionia, Douglas (Deb) Hotchkiss
of Ionia, Lisa (Myron) Lewis of Bloomington, Ind., Erica (Mark) Rolfe of Ionia,
Nicole Simmons of Ionia, Brian Westmoreland of Kalamazoo and Ryan Westmoreland
of Charlotte; 8 great-grandchildren; 2 stepdaughters, Priscilla (Jim) Reid of
Nashville and Patricia Dale of Tekonsha; 6 step-grandchildren; 14
step-great-grandchildren, 3 stepgreat-great-grandchildren; special niece, Jean
Bennett and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
   The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. Den Slattery, Pastor at 11 a.m.
Saturday, May 24, 2008 at the Berlin Center United Methodist Church with
interment following at Balcom Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 10
a.m. until service time at the church on Saturday.  For those desiring, memorial
contributions may be made to the Ionia Area Hospice or to the Berlin Center
United Methodist Church Memorial Fund in memory of Mrs. Frances Marie Willits. 
Arrangements are entrusted to the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, Ionia.  Online
condolences may be made in www.schraubenlehman,com "

  Funeral card:  "In Loving Memory - Frances Marie (Shaw) (Simmons) Willits -
October 28, 1918 - May 21, 2008......Organist Mrs. Janet Croel - Pallbearers Dan
Simmons, Doug Hotchkiss, Ryan Simmons, Brian Westmoreland, Ryan Westmoreland,
Myron Lewis, Mark Rolfe.  Honorary Pallbearer Rick Cannan."

   AFTERGLOW - I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one, I'd like to leave an
afterglow of smiles when day is gone.  I'd like to leave an echo whispering
softly down the ways, Of happy times, and laughing times, and bright and sunny
days.  I'd like the tears of those who grieve to dry before the sun, Of happy
memories that I leave when life is done.
   "I'm going home to Jesus, My life will soon begin.  Earth's ties will soon be
served As heaven I enter in."
sides his wife, Frances, are two sons, Carl at home, and Keith, serving with
United States Navy at Virginia Beach, Va.; two daughters, Mrs Richard Hotchkiss
of Berlin townsip and Carolyn at home; one grandson, and a sister, Mrs Harriet
Bennett also of Berlin township.
   The body is at Stone-Kauffman funeral home and will be taken to LeValley
church for services Monday, at 2 p.m.  The Rev. Earle Stine, pastor of the
church, will officiate.
   Burial will be at Balcom cemetery.
   A memorial fund has been established and in lieu of flowers, donations for
the LeValley Methodist church will be accepted."


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