Leelanau County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Stearns, Katherine 
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Cemetery:           Maple Grove - Empire
Name:               Katherine Stearns

Date Of Photograph: June 21, 2006
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KATHERINE STEARNS   b. 1905   d. 2002 
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Katherine W. Stearns 
SSN: XXX-XX-XXXX  
Last Residence: 49664  Maple City, Leelanau, Michigan, United States of America 
Born: 24 Dec 1905 
Died: 24 Feb 2002 
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951 ) 
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TRAVERSE CITY RECORD EAGLE - 25 Feb. 2002
KATHERINE E. STEARNS, 96, of Glen Arbor, died on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2002, at the 
Maple Valley Nursing Home.
      Arrangements are pending at the Traverse City Chapel of Covell Funeral 
Homes.
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TRAVERSE CITY RECORD EAGLE - 26 Feb. 2002 
 **PHOTO** Katherine Else Stearns
      Died February 24, 2002
      GLEN ARBOR - Katherine Else Stearns, 96, of Glen Arbor, passed away on 
Sunday at the Maple Valley Nursing Home.
      She was born on Dec. 24, 1905, in Buckley, the daughter of William Monroe 
and Tracie Ann (Guger) Williams. She was married to Verlin Glen Stearns in 1923.
      Katherine was a member of the Glen Lake Reformed Church, and a life 
member of the Eastern Star. She was also a member of the White Schrine, she was 
with the Commission on Aging, a volunteer for the R.S.V.P. and a past member of 
the Glen Lake Women's Club. She built the first beauty salon in Glen Arbor in 
1949. Katherine retired as a cosmetologist after working fifty years.
      She is survived by her daughter, Lois Swierad and son-in-law, Theodore 
Swierad; daughter-in-law, Mrs. James (Betty) Stearns of Hartford, Ark.; seven 
grandchildren, Mrs. Thomas (Christie) Schlosser of Fairfield, Calif., Mark 
Swierad of Orlando, Fla., Terry Stearns of Hartford, Ark., Verlin (Theresa) 
Stearns of Corpus Christi, Texas, Mrs. (Steve) Deborah Walker of Arkansas, Mrs. 
Michael (Cindy) Warren of Fort Smith, Ark., and Mrs. (Michael Meta) Robinson of 
Boca Raton, Fla. She also had 13 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-
grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was well known in the community 
as "Gram."
      Katherine was the youngest of five children, brothers, Earl Williams and 
John Williams; sisters, Eva Manchester and Rose Fearnley, who all preceded her 
in death. Also preceding her in death was her beloved son, James Stearns, 
beloved grandson, Joel Scott Swierad; and her husband, Verlin.
      At her request cremation has taken place.
      She will be missed by many, she gave a lot of love and received many 
prayers and blessings from her family and friends. Katherine spent the last 
twelve months of her 96 years with her friends and staff at the Maple Valley 
Nursing Home, where she was very happy and contented.
      A service of remembrance will be held at 11:15 a.m. on Thursday at the 
Glen Lake Reformed Church in Burdickville. Lunch will be served immediately 
following the service.
      Memorials may be directed to Glen Lake Reformed Church, 4902 West 
MacFarlane Road, Glen Arbor, MI 49636 and Maple Valley Nursing Home, 1086 W. 
Burdickville, Maple City, MI 49664. A private graveside service will be held in 
the spring.
      Arrangements have been entrusted to the Traverse City Chapel of Covell 
Funeral Homes.


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