- Date Of Birth: July 11, 1949
- Date Of Death: September 11, 2012
- State: Michigan
Royce Marie Deuel, 63, of Edwardsburg, died Tuesday, September 11, 2012, in Borgess Memorial Hospital, Kalamazoo.
She was born July 11, 1949 in Benton Harbor, Michigan to Paul and Elizabeth (Carmichael) Hankins. She was preceded in death by her father; two brothers, Willard Dean Hankins and Mark Anthony Hankins; three grandsons, Marcus Anthony St. Cin, Ronald O’Neal Lee II, Willie Thomas Lee; and step father, Joseph Slabaugh, Jr.Royce Marie liked her crafts and her yard sales.
She enjoyed life and her family.Royce Marie will be greatly missed by family and friends. She is survived by her husband, Fred Deuel, Jr., of Edwardsburg; one daughter, Elizabeth (Devlin Patterson) St. Cin of Dowagiac; one son, Robert (Emylie) Deuel of Higginsville, Missouri; one step daughter, Tina (Ronald Lee) Erickson of Cassopolis; three step sons, Steven (Brandy) Erickson of Dowagiac, David (Stephanie) Deuel of Edwardsburg, Lee (Sandy) Deuel of Dowagiac; thirteen grandchildren, Jacob (Andrea) Breseman of Lawton, Cody (Lauren) Breseman of Marcellus, Torez Baham of Washington, Indiana, Justin Mongo of Dowagiac, A’lisha Patterson of Dowagiac, Alvin Hennington of Galien, Dorian Erickson of Galien, Dustin Deuel of Dowagiac, Peyton Sirk of Dowagiac, Jersey Sirk of Dowagiac, Trevor Deuel of Edwardsburg, Dokota Deuel of Kalamazoo, Rebecca Deuel of Edwardsburg; her mother, Elizabeth Slabaugh of Dowagiac; one sister, Carol (Johnny) Tackitt of Hartford; two brothers, James Hankins of Hartford and Joseph (Tammy) Slabaugh III of Dowagiac, and a host of nieces of nephews.
