This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McDonald, Ayres, Hill, Lester, Willison, Tolles Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1505 Message Board Post: Velma I. McDonald, age 92, of Hastings, died Friday, Jan. 2, 2004 at Pennock Hospital. Mrs. McDonald, was born on April 12, 1911 in Nashville, the daughter of Glenn and Henrietta (Ayres) Hill. She was raised in the Nashville area and attended Guy and Beigh schools. She moved to Hastings in 1990 from Lansing. She was married to Kenneth McDonald and he died in 1976. She was employed at Oldsmobile in Lansing for 26 years, retiring in 1979. She had previously worked at Parmalee's Dress Shop in Hastings, Hastings Manufacturing Company, and International Seal & Lock Company in Hastings. She was a member of Women of the Moose, the Eagles Lodge, American Legion Auxiliary and Lansing Local #652 U.A.W. Mrs. McDonald is survived by sons, Jack (Bernita) McDonald of Nashville, William (Dixie) McDonald of Walldorf, MD and Robert (Betty) McDonald of Hastings; 13 grandchildren; several great and great great grandchildren; sister, Doris Lester of Frostproof, Florida; special cousins,! Mildren (Erwin) Willison of Hickory Corners. Preceding her in death were parents; husband, Kenneth; sister, Belle Tolles; and brother, Kenneth Hill. Visitation will be Tuesday, Jan. 6 from 11 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Services will be held 12 noon Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004 at Wren Funeral Home with Chaplain Carla Smith officiating. Burial will be at Lakeview Cemetery in Nashville. Memorial contributions may be made to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation or charity of one's choice. Arrangements were made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings. (The Hastings "Reminder" - Tuesday, January 6, 2004) Transcriber has no family connection.