In Loving Memory of Joan Kathryn Bellinger
Joan Kathryn Bellinger, Age 45 of Manistee died Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 at West Shore Medical Center in Manistee. She was born on November 13, 1969 in Saginaw, Michigan the daughter of Gerald & Charlotte (Wellemeyer) Peterson. She was a graduate of Vassar High School Class of 1988 and later earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Work from Ferris State University. In July of 2000, she married Timothy Paul Bellinger at the Ludington United Methodist Church. Joan was employed as a social worker by the Michigan Department of Human Services at the Manistee Office. She previously worked for Catholic Family Services in Ludington in the Family First program and by the Mason County Eastern School District, where she was also a volleyball coach. She was a member of Faith Covenant Church in Manistee. Joan had enjoyed playing in the hand bell choirs of the Manistee and Ludington United Methodist Churches. She loved the outdoors, camping and horses.
Joan especially enjoyed being with her family. Surviving are her husband; Tim of Manistee, her two children; Elisha Levi (10) & Grace Ellen (8), her parents; Gerald & Charlotte Peterson of Vassar, Michigan, her sister; Michelle (Kevin) Pearson of Naperville, IL, and her brother; Mark Peterson of Bay City, Michigan and her mother-in-law; Rosemary Bellinger of Lake, Michigan.
Funeral Services for Joan Kathryn Bellinger will be held Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. at Faith Covenant Church in Manistee with Pastor Mark Eix officiating. The family will receive friends at the Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Manistee on Friday evening, June 5th, 2015 from 6-9 p.m.
You can leave messages for the family at the Oak Grove Funeral Home site. If you choose, instead of flowers, please make donations to a fund for Elisha and Grace below or the Right to Life of Michigan - Genesee County through the Oak Grove Funeral Home site. Search for "right" and select the State of Michigan and the charity will come up.
Joan especially enjoyed being with her family. Surviving are her husband; Tim of Manistee, her two children; Elisha Levi (10) & Grace Ellen (8), her parents; Gerald & Charlotte Peterson of Vassar, Michigan, her sister; Michelle (Kevin) Pearson of Naperville, IL, and her brother; Mark Peterson of Bay City, Michigan and her mother-in-law; Rosemary Bellinger of Lake, Michigan.
Funeral Services for Joan Kathryn Bellinger will be held Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. at Faith Covenant Church in Manistee with Pastor Mark Eix officiating. The family will receive friends at the Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Manistee on Friday evening, June 5th, 2015 from 6-9 p.m.
You can leave messages for the family at the Oak Grove Funeral Home site. If you choose, instead of flowers, please make donations to a fund for Elisha and Grace below or the Right to Life of Michigan - Genesee County through the Oak Grove Funeral Home site. Search for "right" and select the State of Michigan and the charity will come up.
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For Grace & Elisha*
This donation is NOT tax deductible.
For Right to Life of Michigan - Genesee County
This donation MAY BE tax deductible.
*Donations for Grace & Elisha are being collected by Providentia Consulting & Management, Inc., Joan's sister's company, and will be used to open accounts of equal amounts in each child's name 45 days after the funeral. The use of the funds will be based on the children's needs.