This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Oliver, Wilkinson, Perry, Surine Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/854 Message Board Post: OLIVER, Lucille W. Delton Lucille passed away peacefully January 12, 2003, at her home in the company of her loving friends. She was born on October 10, 1912 in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Bernard S. and Addie M. (Wilkinson) Oliver. She attended elementary and high school in Kalamazoo, and graduated from Western Michigan Teachers College. She earned her Masters Degree from the University of Michigan. She dedicated her life to teaching children in the Kalamazoo Public Schools. In 1972 Lucille moved to the family farm near Delton to care for her mother. There she enjoyed gardening, bird watching, cross-country skiing, and hiking in the woods. She was an animal lover, especially enjoying her Sheltie dogs, Bonnie, Lady, and Freshie. She was a member of the Inland Lakes Garden Club, Bernard Historical Society and the Kalamazoo Retired School Personnel, and Emmanuel Episcopal Church of Hastings. She was preceded in death by her father in 1955; and her mother in 1986. She will be missed by her many surviving! friends. Also surviving are cousins, Donna Perry of Lansing, Tom Oliver of Haslett, Jim Oliver of Kalamazoo, and Sherilyn Surine of Vicksburg. Respecting her wishes, cremation has taken place. Please join her friends and family on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 12:00 p.m. at the WILLIAMS-GORES FUNERAL HOME Delton at a Memorial Service in celebration of her life. Memorial contributions may be made to the Bernard Historical Museum or the Delton District Library. Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette from 1/16/2003 - 1/19/2003. (posted by a volunteer-no family connection)