1927
Betty
2015
Betty June Shumway
June 21, 1927 — May 16, 2015
Betty June (Stamp) Shumway was born June 21, 1927 in Three Rivers, MI to Loren E. and Clara Emma Hall Stamp and died May 16, 2015 at Thornapple Manor. She was raised in Ann Arbor and Detroit, MI, graduating from Detroit Northwest High School in 1943. She worked for the war effort during WWII before enrolling at Wayne State University to study pharmacy. There she met Robert Shumway, newly returned from the war and also studying pharmacy at Wayne, and they married on June 21, 1947.
Betty raised six children with Bob: with spouses, Brian and Annegret, Bill and Melissa, Janice Morgan, Bob and Marva, Mike and Vivyanne and Connie and Daryl Peterson. All remained nearby and attended Betty during her declining years. She will be sadly missed by numerous grandchildren and a growing rank of great grandchildren. She was an active mother, serving as pack mother and Bluebird leader to several decades of Cub Scouts and Bluebirds in Hastings and camped with a tribe of children in the neighborhood for many years. Betty affiliated with Hastings First United Methodist Church. She worked for Hastings Aluminum Products when her children had grown. She enjoyed a variety of crafting activities, and one would not be surprised to find her weaving baskets or polishing stones when they visited the Shumway household on south Broadway.
She was the last surviving of her family and will be pleased to be able to join her parents and brothers Larry, Jim and Russell and sister Toni. Betty would have wanted to say goodbye to her beloved neighbors Bob and Shirley Reaser, Ed and Judy Larsen, Dick and Posey Shuster and Mike Baker. Their times together for Friday night potlucks were a joy to her, and their many kindnesses were dearly appreciated. She likewise would have wanted to gratefully thank Dr. Steven Wildern for his kind attention to her medical needs for many years. Ed and the staff at Carveth Village, Middleville, also, were exceedingly kind in the last year.
A 10:30 am visitation will precede a 12 o'clock service by Rev. Mark Payne at Girrbach Funeral Home on Thursday May 21, 2015. A luncheon will follow at Hastings First United Methodist Church.
Betty raised six children with Bob: with spouses, Brian and Annegret, Bill and Melissa, Janice Morgan, Bob and Marva, Mike and Vivyanne and Connie and Daryl Peterson. All remained nearby and attended Betty during her declining years. She will be sadly missed by numerous grandchildren and a growing rank of great grandchildren. She was an active mother, serving as pack mother and Bluebird leader to several decades of Cub Scouts and Bluebirds in Hastings and camped with a tribe of children in the neighborhood for many years. Betty affiliated with Hastings First United Methodist Church. She worked for Hastings Aluminum Products when her children had grown. She enjoyed a variety of crafting activities, and one would not be surprised to find her weaving baskets or polishing stones when they visited the Shumway household on south Broadway.
She was the last surviving of her family and will be pleased to be able to join her parents and brothers Larry, Jim and Russell and sister Toni. Betty would have wanted to say goodbye to her beloved neighbors Bob and Shirley Reaser, Ed and Judy Larsen, Dick and Posey Shuster and Mike Baker. Their times together for Friday night potlucks were a joy to her, and their many kindnesses were dearly appreciated. She likewise would have wanted to gratefully thank Dr. Steven Wildern for his kind attention to her medical needs for many years. Ed and the staff at Carveth Village, Middleville, also, were exceedingly kind in the last year.
A 10:30 am visitation will precede a 12 o'clock service by Rev. Mark Payne at Girrbach Funeral Home on Thursday May 21, 2015. A luncheon will follow at Hastings First United Methodist Church.
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