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Evelyn Doris Burgess Lansing Evelyn Doris Burgess was born on February 24, 1926 in Ozark, MI to Opie and Edna (Shipley) Lovegrove. She departed this life on January 13, 2011. She lived most of her life in Lansing. She was fortunate to have married two good men, Raymond W. Burgess who passed away in 1971. Her husband and companion in her retirement years, Howard L. Piper, passed away in 2010. She will be dearly missed by her sons, Roger (Kitty) Burgess, Brian (Liz) Burgess and Darryl Burgess; her daughters, Karen (John) Furr, Brenda (Bob) Broughan and Christine (Gary) Zebell; 8 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; brother, Raymond Lovegrove; sisters, Esther Hakola, Doloris (John) Wedding and Ellen Poirier and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, 900 E. Michigan Ave. with Pastor Mick Rockafellow of Grace Brethren Church officiating. The family will receive visitors from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday at the funeral home. For those who wish the family request contributions be made to: Hospice House of Mid-Michigan, P.O. Box 30480, Lansing, MI 48909 or to the Lansing City Rescue Mission, 607 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 in memory of Evelyn On line condolences may be sent at:www.gorslineruncimanlansing.com
Published in Lansing State Journal on January 14, 2011