Jeannine Service

Jeannine M. Service, age 81 of Middleville, passed away February 14, 2023 at her residence.

Jeannine was born June 24, 1941, in Augusta, Wisconsin,  daughter of Lloyd and Marion (Artis) Karow.  She graduated from Midland High School in 1959 and attended Central Michigan and Western Michigan Universities.  Jeannine received her bachelor's degree from CMU and a Master's degree from WMU.

Jeannine married her first husband, Ernie Townsend  in 1966, who passed away in 1973.  She married Donald Service on October 27, 2007, who also preceded her in death, in 2021.

She was a schoolteacher for 31 years.  Jeannine worked for three years at Wyoming Public Schools and 28 years at Lakewood Public Schools.  She loved teaching, especially kindergarten. Jeannine was a Detroit Tigers Fan, loved working in her flower gardens and dearly loved her cats.

Jeannine was preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd and Marion Karow, husbands, Ernie Townsend and Donald Service, sister-in-law, Florence and Bud Collom and brother-in-law, Normand and Blanche Wright and their son, Gerald Wright, and stepchildren, Pete and Michele Service.

She is survived by her sons, Mike (Maria) Townsend, Steve (Stephanine) Townsend, grandchildren; Maggie, Michael, Marshall, Sheyanne and Kadence, two special nieces Janet (Bob) Miles and Julie Augugliaro, stepchildren; Perry Service, Paul (Kristy) Service and Sheila (Richard) Bell as well as several great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be held on February 16, 2023 at 12:00 pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home, 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI.  Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. Burial will take place at Clarksville Cemetery.

Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home, to leave an online condolence visit www.girrbachfuneralhome.net .