- Date Of Birth: February 3, 1925
- Date Of Death: February 11, 2008
- State: Michigan
Dorothy May Fedewa, age 83, of Portland, passed away peacefully Monday evening, February 11, 2008 at Hospice House at Sparrow Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. She was preceded in death by her husband Vernon E. Fedewa, her sister Kate Weller, and her parents Raymond and Anne Cross. Dorothy is survived by a large and loving family, including ten children, twenty-three grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren.
Dorothy is also survived by her twin sister Doris Shattuck, her sister Barb Day, and her brother Clare Cross.
Dorothy’s children are: Valarie Erwin and her husband Doug; Tonya Fedewa and her husband Michael Nowik; Brad Fedewa; Brian Fedewa and his wife Annette; Wendy Cole and her husband Don; Gregory Fedewa and his wife Jerie; Jan Tefft and her husband Michael; Christopher Fedewa and his wife Lisa; Andrea Krueger and her husband Larry; and Lynne Duram.
Dorothy will be sadly missed and forever remembered by her grandchildren: Stacey Lahr, Michelle Girard, Allison Koetsier, Jessica Demeter, Rebecca Nowik, Johanna Nowik, Angela Nyquist, Tracy Gollehon, Brian Scott Fedewa, Jeremy Fedewa, Amy Jo Johncox, Derek Cole, Gregory Dalton, Andrew Fowler, Crystal Gleason, Tyler Tefft, Chad Fedewa, Cole Fedewa, Savannah Marshall, Nicholas Marshall, Michael Krueger, Britney Sullenberger, and Jordan Sullenberger.
In addition, Dorothy leaves a growing legacy of great-grandchildren: Lindsi Laing, Leah Laing, Logan Laing, Lexie Lahr, Madelyn Paul, Brady Jenkins, Morgan Nyquist, Drew Nyquist, Olivia Nyquist, Brynn Gollehon, Rachel Johncox, Sarah Johncox, Kylea Nummer, Ella Fedewa, Madison Fedewa, Conner Gleason, Jenna Pepin, Austin Pepin, and Maddox Krueger.
Dorothy Cross and her twin Doris were born in Sebewa on February 3, 1925. Dorothy converted to Catholicism shortly before her marriage to Vernon E. Fedewa on Valentines Day in 1947. Dorothy and Vernon raised ten children at their home in Portland. Dorothy was employed for 16 years by Meijer, beginning at the initial opening of the Lansing store in 1967.
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