Anniversaries

Jeremiah and Mary L. Simington celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Feb. 11, 2006, by a wedding anniversary program and reception at the Glendale Seventh-day Adventist Church, Minneapolis, Minn. They have been members of the Glendale Church for 16 years.

Jeremiah Simington and Mary L. Samuels were married Dec. 11, 1955, in Winston-Salem, N.C., by Elder Warren Banfield. Jeremiah worked for the R.J. Reynolds Co. for ten years. After graduating from St. Mary's College of Nursing, he worked at Minneapolis Veteran's Home and Stillwater Prison for 24 years. Mary, after graduating from Winston-Salem State University in 1969 with a nursing degree, worked at the State of Minnesota Health Dept. and the V.A. Medical Center for 32 years prior to retirement.

The Simington family includes Beatrice C. and Reginald Acker of Winston-Salem; Robin and Charles Branch of Woodbury, Minn.; Teresa and Samuel Cross of Robbinsdale, Minn.; Jerry and Karen Olson of Fargo, N.D.; Reginald and Cathy Olson of Lakeville, Minn.; Michael Simington of Richfield, Minn.; 15 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Obituaries

BAKER, Wanda L. (Geer), age 66; born Feb. 13, 1939, in Chicago, Ill.; died Jan. 10, 2006, in Zolfo Springs, Fla. She was a member of the Portage (Wis.) Church.

Survivors include her husband, Francis Jr.; sons, Todd J. and Francis R. III; daughters, DonnaLee Schumacher and Melody K. Baker; father, Ezra W. Geer; mother, Vivian (Rigg) Geer; sister, Elizabeth Cross; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Memorial services were conducted by Pastor Art Swisen, and interment was in Friendship Cemetery, Zolfo Springs.

ERHARD, Eloyce E. (Barber), age 59; born Aug. 8, 1946, in Boulder, Colo.; died Feb. 2, 2006, in Hendersonville, N.C. She was a member of the Jackson (Mich.) Church.

Survivors include her stepson, Todd O. Erhard; stepdaughter, Tina R. Hanson; foster child, Bill Jones; mother, Lorraine (Lucas) Barber; brothers, Kent and Douglas Barber; and two step-grandchildren.

Memorial services were conducted by Pastor Gene Hall and local elder Don Harris, and inurnment will be in Jackson.

JENKINS, Beatrice (Owens) Guiles, age 95; born May 24, 1910, in Oakley, Mich.; died Jan. 29, 2006, in Flint, Mich. She was a member of the First Flint Church.

Survivors include her son, Ronald Guiles; daughters, Lillian Henderson and Joyce Lloyd; sister, Audrey Meijerhauffer; many grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted by Pastor Douglas Carlson, and interment was in Flint Memorial Park Cemetery.

MITCHELL, Dorothy R. (Warren) Stillman, age 90; born Nov. 20, 1915, in Downsville, Wis.; died Feb. 1, 2006, in Columbia City, Ind. She was a member of the Wolf Lake (Ind.) Church.

Survivors include her sons, George and Richard Stillman; daughter, Carol (Stillman) Fisher; brother, Wilbur Federwitz; five grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Memorial services were conducted by Pastor Harry C. Hartmann, with private inurnment.

MORGAN, Inez E. (Mclean), age 97; born Nov. 6, 1908, in Gratiot Cty., Mich.; died Jan. 13, 2006, in Saginaw, Mich. She was a member of the Saginaw Center Road Church.

Survivors include her son, Willard D. Morgan; stepson, Herbert Morgan; sister, Doris Langhorne; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Funeral services were conducted by Pastor Robert C. Quillin, and intombment was in Roselawn Cemetery Mausoleum, Saginaw.

OURADA, Esther A. (Hurley), age 100; born Sept. 15, 1905, in Green Bay, Wis.; died Mar. 3, 2006, in Green Bay. She was a member of the Green Bay Church.

Survivors include two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted by Pastor Delmar Austin, and interment was in Fort Howard Memorial Park Cemetery, Green Bay.

PAYNE, Margaret A. (Herzel), age 86; born Oct. 3, 1919, in Kalamazoo, Mich.; died Oct. 26, 2005, in Berrien Springs, Mich. She was a member of the Berrien Springs Village Church.

Survivors include her daughters, Nancy Hummel and Carol Barnhurst; brother, Edward Herzel; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Memorial services were conducted by Pastor Larry Lichtenwalter, and inurnment was in Plainwell (Mich.) Cemetery.

SIMS, Edna L. (Rice), age 96; born Sept. 17, 1909, in Columbia, Mo.; died Mar. 6, 2006, in Flint, Mich. She was a member of the First Flint Church.

Survivors include her sons, Clyde Jr. and Larry; daughter, Norma Studdard; sisters, Macie Gibb, Annabelle Anderson, and Jean Visser; 15 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted by Pastor Douglas Carlson, and interment was in Meadowview Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Davison, Mich.