This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: WHL44 Surnames: LEJINS, BIEZAIS, LIGERIS, KORB, BOODT, BROWN, VIRDEN, GOLD Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/22372/mb.ashx Message Board Post: LEJINS, Irene M. Of Kalamazoo Passed away on Sunday evening, February, 24, 2008. Mrs. Irene Lejins was born in Lestene, Latvia, on June 17, 1922, the daughter of Ansis and Matilda (Biezais) Ligeris. During WWII Irene fled from Latvia and made her way to Germany where she spent five years within a displaced person's camp. It was in that displaced person's camp that Irene met and married her husband, Romans, who preceded her in death in 1976. Then in 1951 Romans, Irene, and daughter Ilze traveled to the U.S. settling in Sherwood & Union City, Michigan. Several years passed before Romans and Irene, along with their children, moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Soon after Irene began working for Jolly Kids Togs but later retired from Beach Products. Irene was a member of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kalamazoo. Irene enjoyed reading, gardening, bird watching, playing cards, and being with her family and friends. Irene was dearly loved by her children: Ilze (Michael) Korb of Lake Orion; Raimonds Lejins! of Kalamazoo; and Anda Boodt of Portage. Irene had seven grandchildren: Jeffrey (Bernadette) Korb; Steven (Jennifer) Korb; Wendy (Lester) Brown; Ryan Lejins; Kelsey (Aron) Virden; Kerrie and Scott Boodt. Irene also presently had seven great-grandchildren: Darian and Alexandria Korb; Ashley and Nathan Korb; Madison, Zoey and Riley Brown with an expected addition of an eighth great-grandchild for early this summer. Irene is also survived by her sister Lilija (Edward) Gold of England, various nieces and nephews in Latvia and in the U.S. Funeral service will be at 2:00 PM on Saturday at Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Memorial Chapel, 622 S. Burdick Street, with Rev. Biruta Puike and Rev. Leons Viksne officiating. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery. Friends may visit with the family from 6-8 PM on Friday and from 1:00 PM until the time of services on Saturday at the funeral home. As an expression of sympathy, memorial contributions may be directed to Latvian Evangelic! al Lutheran Church. www.langelands.com Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 2/26/2008. (Posted by a VOLUNTEER-NO family connection) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.