Carroll E. Hughes

Carroll E. Hughes passed away peacefully on September 15 ^th 2018 at 8:00am in Pennock Hospital, surrounded by his family.

He was born May 18 ^th 1929 in Battle Creek Michigan to Walter A. and Jessie M. (Callender) Hughes. He earned his Journeyman Machine Repairman card and worked for the Grand Trunk Railroad in Battle Creek and then E. W. Bliss and Hastings Manufacturing Company. He was a true outdoors man and loved to fish and hunt. He married Joyce Ann Houvener on 17 Feb 1947 and together they had five children, Gary, Belinda, Joy, Claudia and Dale.

He and Joyce spent most of their 68 years together in Hope Township, either at their cottage at Long Lake or their farm on Peake Road.

He was preceded in death by his wife Joyce, his parents and his son Dale. Surviving are his children: Gary and Barbara Hughes, Belinda Stanton, Joy and Chris Jacoby, and Claudia and Keith Hough many grandchildren and great great grand children. He especially liked spending his last five years with his COA care givers Roberta and Nikki, his nephew Daryl Daniels and his wife Cheryl.

Carroll requested that there be no service and that his ashes be taken to his favorite secret fishing spot so that he can rest in the great outdoors.