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Yvette Antoinette Allen
Jun 23, 2015
Obituary Yvette Antoinette Allen A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot"Ecclesiastes 3:2 Yvette Antoinette Allen was born September 27, 1967 in Lansing, MI to Macy J (Whitelow) Allen and Richard L. Allen, Sr. Yvette, affectionately known as "Vet", committed her life to Christ at a young age knowing...
Robert Lee Oberlin
Jun 23, 2015
Visitation services for Mr. Oberlin will be held Saturday, June 27, 12-3:30pm at the Riley Funeral Home, 426 West St. Joseph Street, Lansing, MI 48933. Prayer services will be held Saturday, June 27, 3:30- 4pm at the Riley Funeral Home. Memories and condolences can be shared at rileyfuneralhome.com.
Fannie Mae Lathon
Jun 21, 2015
Memorial services for Mrs. Lathon will be held Tuesday, June 30, 11am at the Grace Tabernacle Church, 1819 West Willow Street, Lansing, MI 48915. Memories and condolences can be shared at rileyfuneralhome.com.
Esther C. Abrams
Jun 18, 2015
Esther C. Abrams was born April 16, 1923 in Lansing, Michigan and died June 18, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia from dementia related illness. She was 92. She was the daughter of Theodore and Mary Dell Caldwell. Esther was a fantastic mother who for several years volunteered as a Brownie and Girl Scout leader in the 1950's. Her passion was duplicate...
Ravola "Butch" Donald Williams Jr.
Jun 13, 2015
Ravola (Butch) Donald Williams, Jr. was born on November 9, 1957 in Loxley, Alabama to Ethel Lee Williams and Ravola Donald Rowe. Butch was an independent businessman, working as a painter in and around the Lansing area for over thirty years. Butch had a great eye for art, which was fostered by an elective class in junior high school. His...
Tamera Lynne Cox
Jun 11, 2015
Mrs. Cox will lie in repose Friday, June 19, 1-7pm at the Riley Funeral Home, 426 West St. Joseph Street, Lansing, MI 48933. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 20 10:30am at the Kingdom Life Church of Lansing, 4303 South Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lansing, MI 48910. The family will receive visitors 30 minutes before services begin. Memories...
Marley Dan Bunker Sr.
Jun 11, 2015
No services. Memories and condolences can be shared at rileyfuneralhome.com.
James Andrew Marquette
Jun 10, 2015
Memorial services for Mr. Marquette will be held Wednesday, June 24, 1pm at the St. Mary's Catholic Church, 157 High Street, Williamston, MI 48895. Memories and condolences can be shared at rileyfuneralhome.com.
David Badger
Jun 9, 2015
Services are pending. Memories and condolences can be shared at rileyfuneralhome.com
Esperanza Hofmeister
Jun 8, 2015
No services. Memories and condolences can be shared at rileyfuneralhome.com.
Bishop William Henry Warren
Jun 8, 2015
Elder William Warren will lie in repose Monday, June 15, 2-7pm at the Riley Funeral Home, 426 West St. Joseph Street, Lansing, MI 48933. Funeral services will be held, Tuesday, June 16, 12pm at the Bethlehem Temple Church, 1518 South Washington Avenue, Lansing, MI 48910. The family will receive visitors one hour before services begin. Memories and condolences can be...
Ophia M. Smith
Jun 4, 2015
Ophia Mae Barnes Smith was born October 26, 1927 in Jackson, Georgia. She was a retired EW Sparrow employee. Sister Ophia Mae Barnes-Smith was preceded in her homegoing by her parents; husband, Henry B.; daughter, Zella Mae; brothers, Curvie James, Charlie Frank, Sr., S.T. Jr., and Robert Jr. She leaves to cherish her final memories: her son, Cornelius Van Robinson...
Kent Allen Zachary
Jun 4, 2015
Memorial services for Mr. Zachary will be held Sunday, June 7, 1-4pm at Grange Acres Senior Housing in the Community Hall, 6101 Marsh Road, Haslett, MI 48840. Memories and condolences can be shared at rileyfuneralhome.com.
Jarmena Bloway
Jun 2, 2015
Graveside services will be held Thursday, June 25, 12pm at the Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, 4444 West Grand River Avenue, Lansing, MI 48906. Memories and condolences can be shared at rileyfuneralhome.com. Memories and condolences can be shared at rileyfuneralhome.com.
Baby Boy Daniel Michael Iammanuel Pinder
May 30, 2015
Funeral services for Baby Boy Pinder will be held Friday, June 5, 1pm at the Riley Funeral Home, 426 West St. Joseph Street, Lansing, MI 48933. Memories and condolences can be shared at rileyfuneralhome.com.
James Vandenbroek
May 27, 2015
Services are pending. Memories and condolences can be shared at rileyfuneralhome.com
Dorothy Mae Reeves
May 26, 2015
Dorothy Mae Reeves (affectionately known as "Dothie") was born June 27, 1936 in Wrightsville, Arkansas to Edgar Loring and Julia Anderson. Later she moved to North Little Rock, Arkansas where she met and united in marriage to Robert Reeves. To their union four children were born. Together they relocated to Lansing, Michigan in 1961 to raise their lovely family. Dorothy...
Patricia Ann Little
May 25, 2015
Memorial services for Mrs. Little will be held Saturday, June 6, 11:00am at the St. Casimir Catholic Parish, 815 Sparrow Avenue, Lansing, MI 48910 . Memories and condolences can be shared at rileyfuneralhome.com.
James Larry Ellis
May 24, 2015
Mr. Ellis will lie in repose Friday, May 29, 4-7 at the Riley Funeral Home, 426 West St. Joseph Street, Lansing, MI 48933. Funeral services for Mr. Ellis will be held Saturday, May 30, 10am at the New Mount Calvary Baptist Church,3800 W Miller Rd, Lansing, MI 48911. Memories and condolences can be shared at rileyfuneralhome.com.
Carl Johnson Jr.
May 24, 2015
Services are pending. Memories and condolences can be shared at rileyfuneralhome.com.
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