- Date Of Birth: March 8, 1923
- Date Of Death: February 1, 2022
- State: Michigan
Lorraine Braid passed away Monday, February 1, 2022 peacefully surrounded by her family.Funeral services will be held at 10 am Monday, February 7, 2022, at Nelson-House Funeral Home with Pastor Todd Evans officiating. Burial will follow at Fremont Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday, February 6, 2022, from 5pm until 9pm.Lorraine was born March 8, 1923 to Joseph and Julia Serr on State Road in Corunna. Her siblings were Jerome, Lucille, Carlyle and George. She graduated from Corunna High in 1941. As a freshman, she worked as a waitress. In her senior year, she started working at Corunna Bank, and was a bank teller until her retirement in 1971. She married Robert Braid on June 15, 1947. Throughout their marriage, she was very involved with the farm, often running errands, hauling wagons and delivering food. Robert died in 1986. She was an active and loving mother to Edward and Thomas. She was a room mother for her kids during elementary school. She was active in the Lemon School PTO and was instrumental in the annex of the country school to Corunna. Some of her various activities were serving on the Durand Vernon Ambulance board for 10 years, the class reunion committee since 1941, and distributing polio vaccines throughout Shiawassee County. She served on the Pleasant View Axillary, Township Land Use Board, and the Corunna Educational Scholarship Board. She also won the Lifetime Achievement award from the Shiawassee Chamber of Commerce in 2006. Lorraine was a long-time member of the Shiawassee County Fair Board starting in 1942 and won several honors throughout her years of service. She served as the head of the Grandstand Committee for several years and was awarded the member of the year in 2005. She belonged to the Neighborhood Country Gals Extension group, and thoroughly loved playing cards with friends and family. She is survived by her children, Ed and Alice, Tom and Sandy; her grandchildren Rob (Betsy) Braid, Julie (Brian) Vyskocil, Mike (Laura Braid), Tom (Danielle) Braid and Ashley Dunbar; Great-Grandchildren Cassidy, Ainsley and Delaney Braid, Shelby and Kelsey Vyskocil, and Ava and Aubrey Braid; Kenzie and Clayton Braid; sister-in-law Joann Bradford. She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, her loving husband, and her birthday twin Geri Hamill. She will be dearly missed.The family would like to thank Lorraine’s loving caregivers and Hospice for the care she was given during her illness.Memorial contributions are suggested to The Shiawassee County Fair or Corunna Public Schools’ Educational Foundation Scholarships.Online condolences may be sent to the family at Nelson-House.com.
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