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Subject: [MIBARRY] Lyle S. CHAMPION
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:22:59 -0000


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Author: WHL44
Surnames: CHAMPION, BURNS, GARRETT, HANDY, SHORT, REITER, DAY
Classification: obituary

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CHAMPION, Lyle S.
Age 86
Of Plainwell, MI

Passed away September 10, 2007. Lyle was born March 25, 1921 in Kendall, Michigan, the son of Claude and Etlie (Burns) Champion. A 1938 Plainwell High School graduate, Lyle also was a student at Michigan State University. In 1940, Lyle worked at a dude ranch in Jackson, Wyoming; a job he loved and often reminisced about. On October 27, 1945, he married Marie Garrett, who survives. A farmer in the Doster area at Colonial Estate farm for 22 years, Lyle worked at Doster Lumber for 28 years and also raised registered Brown Swiss Cattle and registered Corriedale Sheep. Lyle was a member of the Delton Kellogg School Board where he was very proud to award his children their diplomas. He was also Master of Silver Creek Grange, President of the MSU Ag short course for three years, a member of the Bernard Historical Society and an elder in the Doster Community Reformed Church. Lyle also enjoyed traveling, Warner Lake, fishing and most importantly, his family. He is also survived by s!
ons, Keith (Judy) Champion of Onowantonna, MN and Brett (Teresa) Champion of Delton; daughters, Kathleen (Alan) Handy of Gardendale, Alabama, and Brenda (Andy) Short of Plainwell; sisters-in-law, Alta Champion of Kalamazoo and Berle Reiter of East Lansing; 14 grandchildren, nine great-great- grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; a granddaughter, Heather Short; a brother, Gordon Champion and a sister, Marian Day. The family will receive friends Friday 2:00 - 4:00 and 6:00 - 8:00 PM at the Williams - Gores Funeral Home, Delton . A funeral service will be conducted Saturday, September 15, 2007, 1:00 PM at Doster Community Reformed Church, 121415 Doster Rd., Plainwell, Rev. Steve Slater, officiating. Memorial contributions to Bernard Historical Society or Doster Community Reformed Church will be appreciated.
Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 9/12/2007. (Posted by a VOLUNTEER-NO family connection)

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