This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shaver, Roelofs, Hoger, Lepird, Taylor, Smith, Kitchin Todd Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1594 Message Board Post: Marianne E. Shaver - Roelofs, age 79, of Delton, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2000 in Heartland Health Center. She was born on July 8, 1920 in Battle Creek, the daughter of Ellis S. and Asalee Maie (Hoger) Lepird. Marianne was a 1939 graduate of Battle Creek Central High School. She had lived at Sherman Lake before moving to the Delton area. Marianne worked in food services for the Michigan Technical Institute for eight years before retiring in 1982. Previously, she was employed as a health aide for eight years at the Fort Custer State Home and then owned and operated a boat livery service at Sherman Lake for several years. She enjoyed sewing, reading, television, listening to her police scanner and garage sales. Marianne was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Roelofs in 1995; and brothers, Ellison G. and John Oliver Lepird. She is survived by a son, Steven M. Shaver of Delton; daughters, Cathy L. Taylor - Smith of Battle Creek and Lee Todd Kitchin of St. Aug! ustine, Florida; 12 grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. Arrangements were made by the Bachman Hebble Funeral Home. (The Hastings Reminder - Tuesday, April 4, 2000) Transcriber has no family connection.