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RUTH JEAN TERRANA
Services for former Livonia resident Ruth Terrana, 80, of Farmington were May 25 in Covenant Community Church in Redford Township, with burial at Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens in Novi. Officiating was the Rev. H. Dalton Myers.
Mrs. Terrana was born Aug. 26, 1921, in Redford, and died May 22, 2002, in Livonia.
She was an active member of Covenant Community Church for more than 50 years.
Surviving are her husband of 60 years, Charles; children, Gloria (Jerry) Lewis, Lorranie (Gary) Zimmerman and Sandra (Donald) Mueller; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorial tributes may be made to Angela Hospice in Livonia.
Arrangements were made by Fisher Funeral Home in Redford Township.
EDWARD FRANCIS GILMORE
Services for Edward Gilmore, 65, of Livonia will be 10 a.m. Monday, April 15, in Manns-Ferguson Funeral Home, 17000 Middlebelt Road, Livonia with burial at Parkview Memorial Cemetery.
Mr. Gilmore was born Dec. 28, 1936, in Detroit, and died April 11, 2002.
Surviving are his wife, Cecile; son, Daren (Valerie); daughter, Diane (Kevin) Ray; siblings, Gloria Hartley, Jeri Agar and Robert; four grandchildren, Ashley, Steven, Rachael and Sean.
Memorial tributes may be made to Barbara Karmanos Cancer Institute.
LILA MARIE ELLIOTT
Services for former Livonia resident Lila Elliott, 83, of Brighton were April 12 in Herrmann Funeral Home with burial at Parkview Memorial Cemetery, Livonia. Officiating was the Rev. Gilson Miller from First United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Elliott was born Nov. 17, 1918, in Edgemont, Ark., and died April 9, 2002, in Brighton. She was a 1937 graduate of Wallace Memorial High School in Lebanon, Mo. She lived in the Livonia area since 1942. She was a cafeteria manager with Livonia Public Schools, retiring in 1978 after 23 years of service.
After retiring, she and her husband, Earl, moved to their retirement home in Sterling, Mich. on the Rifle River. They lived there until his death in 1987. She then moved to Garden City until suffering a stroke in 1993. She has since been a resident of American House in Livonia, Woodhaven, Brighton and most recently Devonshire Manor.
Mrs. Elliott has always been creative and has enjoyed sewing for her family, gardening, cooking and nature.
Surviving are her daughters, Janice (Richard) Fernandez of Garden City, Sandra Hendricks of Brighton and Pamela Jo (Michael) Murphy of Brighton; brother, Robert McIntosh of Florida in 1987.
Mrs. Holmes was a homemaker, active figure skater, a member of the Garden City Women's Synchronized swimming team, an accomplished oil painter and loved gardening. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Garden City and also the First Baptist Church of New Port Richey, Fla.
Surviving are her husband of 53 years, Vernon; sons, Larry (Denise) Holmes of Redford Township and Allan Holmes of Cleveland, Tenn.; daughter, Vicky Parsley of Cleveland, Tenn.; 14 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Holmes was preceded in death by a son, Ronald Holmes (1971), father, Ortwin Arndt (1980) and mother, Clara Arndt (1986).
Memorial tributes may be made to Children's Leukemia Society of Michigan State University. She was on the Board of Trustees at Michigan History Day Program, LTU Alumni Association, numerous historical societies around the state, Civil War re-enactor. She enjoyed woodworking.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald L. Stofer.
Survivors include son, Jason (Victoria) of Southfield; daughter, Sara of Farmington; daughters of her heart, Meg Harkonen and Beth Kahn; nieces and nephews, Paul, Heather, Charity, Corrie, Jessie, Hillary, Shane, Kimberly, Katie, Emma, Natalie; mother, Helen Tennies of Charlevoix; brother, Dave Tennies of Canton; and sister, Mindy Albright of Farmington Hills.
Memorial contributions may be made to Ontonagon Historical Society, Northern Michigan or LTU Library: Ronald Stofer Parker and Gerri DeMeo; three grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements made by McCabe Funeral Home.
