Leta Marie Gleason age 87 of Prudenville, MI died Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at Hilltop Manor, Roscommon, MI.
Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie Chapel Elsie, MI on Friday, October 10, 2008 at 11:00am. Pastor Lonnie Severance will officiate with burial at Middlebury Township Cemetery Shiawassee, MI. Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 9, 2008 from 2-8 PM with family present from 2-4 & 6-8 PM. at Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie Chapel Elsie, MI.
Leta was born in Middlebury Township, Michigan on June 5, 1921, the daughter of Milo and Iva (Hanes) Goodrich. She graduated from Ovid High School with the class of 1938. Leta married Arza Parker in 1939 in Angola, Indiana he died in 1970. In 1974 she married Chandler Gleason and he died 1997. She resided most of her life in Shepardsville, Michigan moving to Prudenville about 3 years ago. Leta worked at Sheldon Packing House. She enjoyed going to the senior citizens group, and she walked the Relay for Life at Houghton Lake at the age of 85. She enjoyed shopping, and she was a member of Shepardsville United Methodist Church.
She is survived by 3 daughters; Joan and Darlton Brown of Henderson, MI, Janet and Herman Visger of Prudenville, MI, Jane Wilson of Lake City, MI, 3 sons; Robert and Susanne Williams Parker of Elsie, MI, Brian and Peggy Parker of Lansing, MI, Bradford Wells and Marcia Parker of Grant, MI, 3 step daughters; Gwen and Jerry Denny of Empire, MI, Edith and Robert Frye of Elsie, MI, Virginia and Robert Radamacher of Hubbardston, MI, step son Rollo Gleason of Ovid, MI, 27 grandchildren, several great grandchildren, and several great great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents, 2 husbands, 1 grandson, 1 granddaughter, 2 sisters & 6 brothers.
Memorials may be made to Shepardsville United Methodist Church. Online condolences can be sent to www.smithfamilyfuneralhomes.com The family is being served by Smith Family Funeral Homes Elsie Chapel Elsie, Michigan.
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Leta Marie Gleason