Marie Ellen Chamberlain

Marie Ellen Chamberlain of Hastings, passed away on August 19, 2017 in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the age of 78.
She was born on July 20, 1939, in Irving Township, the daughter of Arthur T. and Mina C. (DeBar) Kidder the youngest of 7 children. She started school in a one room school house in Irving and graduated from Thornapple Kellogg, class of 1957.
She honorably served her country as a Marine from 1958 to 1962 at El Toro Military Base in California.
In 1962 she married fellow Marine Billie Lee Chamberlain who died in late 1964. They met on the base in El Toro where they were both marines.
She lived in Hawaii from 1962 to 1964 and Yuma, Arizona 1964-1966. Moved home to Hastings in 1966 where she worked at Flex Fab until becoming self employed in 1969. She had several rental properties until retiring in the late 1980's.
Marie was preceded in death by her husband, Billie, parents, Arthur and Mina Kidder, brothers, Robert, Ray, Tom, Albert Kidder, Sisters, Marguerite Flory and Alice Tebo.
Marie is survived by her only son, Billie Lee Chamberlain, daughter in-law Kelly Ann (Cleveland). Grandsons, Tyler, Travis, granddaughter, Angela, great-granddaughters, Rosie, Allison, Manny, many loved and missed cousins, nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held Friday August 25, 2017 from 10:00am until service time at 11:00am at Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Officiating will be Mike Lewis. Burial will be at Irving Twp. Cemetery with full military honors by American legion post 45 of Hastings and active Marines.