Alice Marie Dean

Alice Marie Dean

Born April 26,1931 in Lansing, Michigan to Clyde and Arlin (Barnes) Wood. Married Richard Lyle Dean June 6, 1964. Alice spent most of her working life, and many hours after retirement, at Pennock Hospital working as an X-ray and Lab secretary from 1961-1964 and then working for Dr. Logan, Dr. Spindler, and Dr. Weatherhead. Alice was also a Pennock gift shop volunteer from 1991 on and served as the Auxillary/Volunteer President from 1994-1996. She was also on the gift shop board from 1992-2002, and served on the Pennock Foundation annual giving committee board from 1996 - 2002. Alice was a proud member of the First United Methodist Church since 1940 where she served on the UMW Circles and was a former Trustee and Chair of the Memorial Committee.

She is survived by daughters Bonna (Jerry) Perrin, Donna Ridgway and Kim (Jeff) Dingman; sons Douglas (Norma) Acker, Dennis (Linda) Acker and Jon (Julie) Dean; 14 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Dick Dean, her parents, her siblings Leonard Wood, Jean Chaffin and Ruth Booth and daughter, Terry Dean.

Memorial Service will be at 11:00 AM on Friday, October 21, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church, 209 W. Green St., Hastings, MI 49058. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at 10:00 AM. Burial will be after luncheon at 2:00 PM on Friday at Woodlawn Cemetery 10911 W. Vermontville Hwy., Vermontville, MI 49096.

Contributions can be made to First United Methodist Church or the Spectrum Health Foundation Pennock 1009 W. Green St., Hastings, MI 49058. To leave online condolences visit www.girrbachfuneralhome.net . Services provided by Girrbach Funeral Home, Hastings, Michigan.