This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rapelje, Pease, Goldbecker, Hilliker, Quick, Shelby, Johnson, Witzel, Curtis, Black, Weslyn, Koch, Rogers Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1542 Message Board Post: Rose Marie Rapelje, 73, of West Palm Beach, Florida passed away Thursday, May 8, 1997 at her residence. She was born October 31, 1923 in Mt. Pleasant, the daughter of Ernest and Sarah (Pease) Goldbecker. She graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School in 1943. She married Othal Hilliker in 1947 in Lansing. He passed away in 1953. She was married to Ronald Rapelje whom she later divorced. Mrs. Rapelje lived in Mt. Pleasant and Lansing before moving to Lake Odessa in 1957. While living here she worked at Pennock Hospital as a dietician. In 1969 she moved to Lyons where she worked at Chrysler Motors until 1974. In 1974 she moved to Detroit where she lived until 1982 when she moved to Florida. Mrs. Rapelje is survived by a longtime companion, Albert Shelby; three daughters, Jane (Steve) Quick of Grand Rapids, Sandra Johnson of Lake Odessa, and Pamela Witzel of West Palm Beach, FL; one son, James (Jackie) Hilliker of Jupiter, Florida; fifteen grandchildren; fourteen great g! randchildren; five sisters, Lois Curtis of Mt. Pleasant, Joan Black of Riverdale, Nancy Weslyn of Evart, Patricia Koch of California and Linda Rogers of Washington State; and two brothers, Keith Goldbecker of Washington State and Donald Goldbecker of Florida. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 13, 1997 at 1:00 pm at the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa with Rev. Ward Pierce officiating. Burial will take place at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Lansing. (The Hastings "Reminder" - Tuesday, May 13, 1997) Transcriber has no family connection.