Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Zelenka, Carletta Jo (Shaw) Gaston January 18, 2022
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Sunfield January 2022

                          CARLETTA JO ZELENKA

Carletta Jo (Shaw) Zelenka age 81, passed away on January 18, 2022, surrounded 
by her loving son and granddaughters.

Carletta was born on April 5, 1940, to Joseph Carl Shaw and Eula Ree (Bratcher) 
Shaw in Mount Vernon, IL. Carletta loved being "Meemaw," singing songs to her 
grandchildren and great-grandchildren, crafting, reading, and doing word- 
searches. She looked forward to visiting with family and friends, waiting to 
hear the latest news of everyone's lives, celebrating their moments of joy and 
success.

Carletta found friendship and connection in her church community while she lived 
in Sunfield, MI, where she worshiped for many years, and was an active member of 
the Red Hat Society, which furnished many fun stories to share with her family.

Carletta was preceded in death by her parents; spouses; sister, (Phyllis 
Warden), and daughter,

Carletta's first husband, Robert Gaston of Hiawatha, KS, passed away 
unexpectedly in November 1968. Carletta, a widowed mother of two young children, 
remarried Harold Roy Zenlenka in May 1969, and lived in Lake Odessa until Harold 
passed away in 2010. Carletta's daughter, Stacey Ann Gaston, passed away 
tragically in October 1978 in Lake Odessa.

Carletta is survived by her son, Robert Gaston, and his wife, Dawn Gaston, of 
Battle Creek; grandchildren, Allyson (Gaston) and Mark Szymanski, and Bethany 
(Gaston) and Jei Thorpe of Kalamazoo; honorary grandson, Antonio Velasco-Garcia 
of Battle Creek; and nieces, nephews and great-nephews, and their families. 
Carletta cherished her great-grandchildren, Coral and Robert Velasco-Garcia and 
Violet Szymanski.

Carletta loved nothing more than being a mother, grandmother, aunt and friend  
and will be greatly missed.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to META-vivor, an organization that 
supports metastatic breast cancer research, a cause close to Carlotta's heart.

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