Nola Marie “Mimi” Lane McCreery, 74, of Three Rivers
passed away Thursday, December 26, 2019 at Borgess Medical Center.
The family will have a memorial service at 12:00 pm on
Friday, January 3, 2020 at Temple Baptist Church in Three Rivers with Pastor
Bill Rose officiating. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at
11:00 am.
Burial will take place at 3:30 following the service at Snow Prairie
Cemetery in Bronson.
Nola was born July 27, 1945 the daughter of John and
Marie (Bogart) Lane at Coldwater Hospital. She attended 8 years at Snow Prairie
School on then on to Bronson High School graduating in 1963. Nola married
Ronald McCreery in 1963 and divorced in 1980.
She worked for 7 years at
Harding’s Market, and then 26 years at L.T.I. Printing in Sturgis.
Nola was a woman of faith, attending Sturgis Baptist
Church before joining Temple Baptist in Three Rivers where she was the organist
for several years. She was a big sports enthusiast, especially the Detroit
Tigers. Nola loved good music and played the piano since the age of 7. Her true
joy in life was her family, especially her grand and great grandchildren. She
will be missed by many.
Nola is survived by her children Ellen (Virgil)
Blevins of Elkhart and Allen (Michelle) McCreery of Sturgis; her grandchildren
Terry (Megan) Balle, Zackaria (Kathryn) McCreery, Jennifer (Matt) Reynolds,
Bradley (Courtney) McCreery, Nathan Balle, and Steven Blevins; her great
grandchildren Cohen, Peyton, and Hadley Balle, Noah, Katherine, Ryan, and
Kendall Reynolds, Lennon and Brynn McCreery, Makenzie and Madison McCreery, and
Kinsley Smith; her brother Lloyd (Terry Hirsch) Lane; and several aunts,
uncles, cousins, nieces & nephews.
She was preceded in death by her
parents; her sister Maxine Lane; her brother Stanley Lane; her great grandson
Whitaker Balle; and her nephew Troy Lane.
Memorials may be directed to a charity of one’s
choice.
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