This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kermeen, Converse, Pickard, McMonigle, Colburn Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1525 Message Board Post: Mrs. Cecile Marie Kermeen, page 66, of Middleville, passed away Thursday, May 1, 1997 at Pennock Hospital, Hastings. She was born on September 26, 1930 at Yankee Springs Township, the daughter of Orville and Isabelle (Converse) Pickard. Mrs. Kermeen was raised in Middleville and attended Thornapple Kellogg Schools, graduating in 1949 in Hastings. Mrs. Kermeen was employed at Thornapple Kellogg Schools for thirty years and twenty four of which was a bus driver. She was a homemaker and enjoyed arts & crafts, gardening, flowers and had a great love for nature. Mrs. Kermeen was a caring and loving wife and mother doing kind deeds for her family and friends. She is survived by her husband, John R. Kermeen; one son, Lynn R. (Renee) Kermeen of Middleville; four brothers, Orville Pickard of Hastings, Don Pickard of Middleville, Carl (Mary Jo) Pickard of Caledonia and William (Darlene) Pickard of Hastings; two sisters, Ruth (Dave) McMonigle of Hastings and Sara (Ed) Colburn of ! Caledonia; many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral services were held on Saturday, May 3, 1997 at the Beeler Funeral Chapel. Reverend Carl Litchfield officiated. Interment took place at Parmelee Cemetery, Middleville. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. (The Hastings "Reminder" - Tuesday, May 6, 1997) Transcriber has no family connection.