Elizabeth
Elizabeth Hutchinson
Elizabeth Hutchinson of Otsego, MI passed away Friday, February 24, 2012 in Kalamazoo. Mrs. Hutchinson was born October 18, 1914 in Bostwick, NB to Walter and Edna (Morgan) McConnell. Beth and her husband Francis had owned and operated the Otsego Market for 16 years and then Hutchinson Grocery for over 10 years. Beth had also worked at the D&C store in Otsego for several years. In her retirement she volunteered for Wings of Hope Hospice. Beth was a member of the Otsego First Congregational Church where she had been in the choir and was a past Deaconess.
Surviving are her children, Patricia (James) Crusen of FL, Pamela (Duane) Kuiper of Otsego and John (Janet) Hutchinson of Galesburg; grandchildren, Michael (Angelique) Kuiper, Douglas (Katey) Kuiper, Ashley (Eric) Terpstra and Brian Hutchinson; and 6 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis Hutchinson and by her siblings, Floyd McConnell and Thelma Scott.
Friends may visit with her family on Monday from 2 to 4 and from 6 to 8 P.M. at the
Winkel Funeral Home, Otsego
, where funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday. Burial will follow at Mountain Home Cemetery.
Contributions in memory of Beth may be made to the Otsego First Congregational Church or to
Wings of Hope Hospice
.
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Melissa Morgan (Hunt) Willbee
February 24, 2012 at 6:53 pm
My dearest Pat, Pam, John and families,
I am sending my sincerest sympathy to you all for the passing away of your Mother. I am grateful for her being at peace now. And I know you are also. I send my love to you all at this most difficult time. – How blessed I am to have had her for an Aunt. And grateful for her life, that my family and I were able to share with all of you also. What wonderful memories to have and to hold. Aunt Beth was one of the kindest women I have known. Her lovely letters to me during good and bad times in my younger years certainly lifted me up. I will always hold her closely in my heart. I will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers as you take this sad journey. – I wish Mom and I could be with you. Know we are near in love and prayers. God’s Peace. Much love, Melissa
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Ashley Terpstra
February 25, 2012 at 8:59 am
I was so blessed to have my wonderful Grandma for 30 years. She was the sweetest, kindest woman and always made me feel special and loved. I am so sad to be so far away from everyone but know I am praying for you all and love you very much.
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Rich and Judy Haugh
February 25, 2012 at 10:30 am
Our sympathies to you all! Beth will make someone a wonderful guardian angel!
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Tom and Judy Johnston
February 25, 2012 at 2:18 pm
We are so sorry for the loss of your mother, we are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers.
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Lynn Bronkema
February 25, 2012 at 4:36 pm
Dear Pam, John , Pat and Families,
Thinking of you all and sending Prayers and Love to help you for the lost of your Mother. Such and Sweet and Dear Lady. For the time that I knew Beth, so was so pleasant and kind to everyone.
Thank goodness she is at peace now and being with the Lord.
Blessings to you all.
Reply
Emily Mills
February 25, 2012 at 6:06 pm
I have so many happy memories of Beth and Bus , whether it was going to their store as a child or any of the several times I was lucky enough to have contact with Beth as I grew up, I will always treasure the money she enclosed in my graduation card so many years ago. It was a $2 bill from her and Bus (who was gone) and I was to keep it so I would “never be completely broke”. I still have that bill and wouldn’t part with it for anything. To her family- I’m so sorry for your loss and thank you for sharing her with us.
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Jack and Carol
February 25, 2012 at 11:11 pm
Dear Pat, Jack and I am so sorry for your loss. Mothers are wonderful friends when we get older and when they leave, they leave a large hole in our heart. But knowing she is at peace and that you all loved her will make her feel good in heaven and from what I read on earlier comments, she sounds really special.
Take care and know that Jack and I have you in our thoughts and prayers.
Reply
Bob and Jo Chamberlin
February 26, 2012 at 9:39 am
John and family – please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. Beth helped many people in her long life including us. You were blessed to have her for 97 years. She is still probably helping people today!
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Ronald Plotts
February 26, 2012 at 10:00 am
My sympathies to all of Beths family. What a very special lady. She will truely be one of Gods angels. I was blessed with having Beth as my next door neighbor for over 35 years. I remember coming home from work all tired and sitting in my easy chair to read the paper. I could see Beth and Thelma working out in the yard pulling weeds. Then I would get up and go outside to get some work done. Beth came over one hot summer day and sat on my deck with me to teach me how to better read and understand the bible. She will always be missed but never forgotten. Rest in peace my dear friend.
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Kathy McNeill Herbert
February 26, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Patty, Pam & John,
Sending love & prayers to you at this time. I have such happy memories of your Mother. . . , her voice was so soft and loving, I can hear it now. May your happy memories help you all at this time.
Kathy McNeill Herbert (Max Scott’s granddaughter)
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Rich Sachwitz
February 26, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Dear Pat, Pam and Hutch,
I am sorry to hear about your monther, Beth. She was a wonderful community citizen, and a lovely person. I have had the pleasure of working with John. And I now know where he gets his gentle approach.
Please accept my condolonces on your loss. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.
Rich Sachwitz
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Judy Gates Hayes
February 26, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Pat, Pam, John and Jan:
What a wonderful person your mother is. Thank you for sharing her with me. I will always treasure her and keep her close to my heart. Treasure your memories that you have and keep them close to your heart and she will be with you forever.
Judy
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Jeanne (DeBruin) Mellen
February 26, 2012 at 8:35 pm
John and family,
Please know that your Mother will be missed by alot of people who knew her and whom she helped. She was an angel here on earth and now she can be an angel in heaven.
Reply
David Campbell
February 27, 2012 at 7:03 am
Thinking of you Hutch. I recall from our childhood what a sweet lady your Mom was.
Reply
Brian & Amy Johnson
February 27, 2012 at 4:31 pm
John/Jan,
Please know you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.
God Bless,
Beege and Amy Johnson
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Phyllis Tuckey
February 27, 2012 at 6:33 pm
Family of Beth Hutchinson,
Thank you for sharing your mother we me and so many other people. I worked with her at the D&C Store and known her from previous years. She and your dad gave my sister and her husband a good chance at having a place to live when they were first married. They were Claude and Joyce Selby. She will be missed but reassured she is in a better place. She lived a good life. I really enjoyed our time together. You were surely blessed.
Thoughts and prayers are with you.
Phyllis
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Hilmar and Ruth Burgess
February 27, 2012 at 11:26 pm
John, Pam and Pat
Your friendship at Tendercare was wonderful. Your Mother is a dear, she had dignity and gratefullness beyond compare. Her “Thank you”.repeated so often showed her appreciation of you and others that cared for her. And then those chocolate frosties for your Mother (and Ruth and me) were very special, as they didn’t give ice cream to Ruth. Elizabeth is now with her Lord who she loved and served. Some day we will be reunited! May the Lord keep us faithful until He take us to be with Himself. Thank you for the beautiful fresh long stem flowers you left on Ruth’s table Sunday, they are just gorgeous.
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” (Ps. 116:15) We love you.
Reply
June E. Taft
February 28, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Patty, Pam and John
It was all said at the beautiful celebration of your Mother. I remember so many things when you were growing up, especially John riding on his rocking horse. Nana and Beth cooking for the holidays and birthdays. Laughs, love and fun.
Beth was a wonderful person with love in her heart and there to
help anyone in need. Alway encouraging and up beat. She now is at peace and I know she will be looking down and watching over all of you. My prayers and thoughts are with you.
June
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Janis Nichols
February 29, 2012 at 12:00 am
An Angel from earth is now in Heaven!
Every time I went into Hutchingson’s to buy candy, I was always greeted by one of your mom’s warm smiles. I studied the candy carefully, and when I went to pay, I magically ALWAYS had, “just enough money”! Let’s keep her love alive.
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Sarah Volker-Clemens
March 19, 2012 at 4:10 pm
Dear Pam and Family,
Thinking of you all and praying that loving memories bring you all peace! Beth was a wonderful woman, I have fond memories of my mom taking me to the Dime Store and I would get so excited to see Beth!!!
Love and Hugs,
Sarah
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David A. Haluch
March 25, 2012 at 10:03 am
John and Family sorry to hear of your Mom’s passing.
Thoughts and Prayers are with you and your Family.
It was amazing how we came to meet after all these years.
David A. Haluch
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Surviving are her children, Patricia (James) Crusen of FL, Pamela (Duane) Kuiper of Otsego and John (Janet) Hutchinson of Galesburg; grandchildren, Michael (Angelique) Kuiper, Douglas (Katey) Kuiper, Ashley (Eric) Terpstra and Brian Hutchinson; and 6 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis Hutchinson and by her siblings, Floyd McConnell and Thelma Scott.
Friends may visit with her family on Monday from 2 to 4 and from 6 to 8 P.M. at the
Winkel Funeral Home, Otsego
, where funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday. Burial will follow at Mountain Home Cemetery.
Contributions in memory of Beth may be made to the Otsego First Congregational Church or to
Wings of Hope Hospice
.
Messages of condolence may be left at
www.WinkelFuneralHome.com
Offer Condolence for the family of Elizabeth Hutchinson
Condolence Messages
Melissa Morgan (Hunt) Willbee
February 24, 2012 at 6:53 pm
My dearest Pat, Pam, John and families,
I am sending my sincerest sympathy to you all for the passing away of your Mother. I am grateful for her being at peace now. And I know you are also. I send my love to you all at this most difficult time. – How blessed I am to have had her for an Aunt. And grateful for her life, that my family and I were able to share with all of you also. What wonderful memories to have and to hold. Aunt Beth was one of the kindest women I have known. Her lovely letters to me during good and bad times in my younger years certainly lifted me up. I will always hold her closely in my heart. I will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers as you take this sad journey. – I wish Mom and I could be with you. Know we are near in love and prayers. God’s Peace. Much love, Melissa
Reply
Ashley Terpstra
February 25, 2012 at 8:59 am
I was so blessed to have my wonderful Grandma for 30 years. She was the sweetest, kindest woman and always made me feel special and loved. I am so sad to be so far away from everyone but know I am praying for you all and love you very much.
Reply
Rich and Judy Haugh
February 25, 2012 at 10:30 am
Our sympathies to you all! Beth will make someone a wonderful guardian angel!
Reply
Tom and Judy Johnston
February 25, 2012 at 2:18 pm
We are so sorry for the loss of your mother, we are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers.
Reply
Lynn Bronkema
February 25, 2012 at 4:36 pm
Dear Pam, John , Pat and Families,
Thinking of you all and sending Prayers and Love to help you for the lost of your Mother. Such and Sweet and Dear Lady. For the time that I knew Beth, so was so pleasant and kind to everyone.
Thank goodness she is at peace now and being with the Lord.
Blessings to you all.
Reply
Emily Mills
February 25, 2012 at 6:06 pm
I have so many happy memories of Beth and Bus , whether it was going to their store as a child or any of the several times I was lucky enough to have contact with Beth as I grew up, I will always treasure the money she enclosed in my graduation card so many years ago. It was a $2 bill from her and Bus (who was gone) and I was to keep it so I would “never be completely broke”. I still have that bill and wouldn’t part with it for anything. To her family- I’m so sorry for your loss and thank you for sharing her with us.
Reply
Jack and Carol
February 25, 2012 at 11:11 pm
Dear Pat, Jack and I am so sorry for your loss. Mothers are wonderful friends when we get older and when they leave, they leave a large hole in our heart. But knowing she is at peace and that you all loved her will make her feel good in heaven and from what I read on earlier comments, she sounds really special.
Take care and know that Jack and I have you in our thoughts and prayers.
Reply
Bob and Jo Chamberlin
February 26, 2012 at 9:39 am
John and family – please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. Beth helped many people in her long life including us. You were blessed to have her for 97 years. She is still probably helping people today!
Reply
Ronald Plotts
February 26, 2012 at 10:00 am
My sympathies to all of Beths family. What a very special lady. She will truely be one of Gods angels. I was blessed with having Beth as my next door neighbor for over 35 years. I remember coming home from work all tired and sitting in my easy chair to read the paper. I could see Beth and Thelma working out in the yard pulling weeds. Then I would get up and go outside to get some work done. Beth came over one hot summer day and sat on my deck with me to teach me how to better read and understand the bible. She will always be missed but never forgotten. Rest in peace my dear friend.
Reply
Kathy McNeill Herbert
February 26, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Patty, Pam & John,
Sending love & prayers to you at this time. I have such happy memories of your Mother. . . , her voice was so soft and loving, I can hear it now. May your happy memories help you all at this time.
Kathy McNeill Herbert (Max Scott’s granddaughter)
Reply
Rich Sachwitz
February 26, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Dear Pat, Pam and Hutch,
I am sorry to hear about your monther, Beth. She was a wonderful community citizen, and a lovely person. I have had the pleasure of working with John. And I now know where he gets his gentle approach.
Please accept my condolonces on your loss. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.
Rich Sachwitz
Reply
Judy Gates Hayes
February 26, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Pat, Pam, John and Jan:
What a wonderful person your mother is. Thank you for sharing her with me. I will always treasure her and keep her close to my heart. Treasure your memories that you have and keep them close to your heart and she will be with you forever.
Judy
Reply
Jeanne (DeBruin) Mellen
February 26, 2012 at 8:35 pm
John and family,
Please know that your Mother will be missed by alot of people who knew her and whom she helped. She was an angel here on earth and now she can be an angel in heaven.
Reply
David Campbell
February 27, 2012 at 7:03 am
Thinking of you Hutch. I recall from our childhood what a sweet lady your Mom was.
Reply
Brian & Amy Johnson
February 27, 2012 at 4:31 pm
John/Jan,
Please know you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.
God Bless,
Beege and Amy Johnson
Reply
Phyllis Tuckey
February 27, 2012 at 6:33 pm
Family of Beth Hutchinson,
Thank you for sharing your mother we me and so many other people. I worked with her at the D&C Store and known her from previous years. She and your dad gave my sister and her husband a good chance at having a place to live when they were first married. They were Claude and Joyce Selby. She will be missed but reassured she is in a better place. She lived a good life. I really enjoyed our time together. You were surely blessed.
Thoughts and prayers are with you.
Phyllis
Reply
Hilmar and Ruth Burgess
February 27, 2012 at 11:26 pm
John, Pam and Pat
Your friendship at Tendercare was wonderful. Your Mother is a dear, she had dignity and gratefullness beyond compare. Her “Thank you”.repeated so often showed her appreciation of you and others that cared for her. And then those chocolate frosties for your Mother (and Ruth and me) were very special, as they didn’t give ice cream to Ruth. Elizabeth is now with her Lord who she loved and served. Some day we will be reunited! May the Lord keep us faithful until He take us to be with Himself. Thank you for the beautiful fresh long stem flowers you left on Ruth’s table Sunday, they are just gorgeous.
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” (Ps. 116:15) We love you.
Reply
June E. Taft
February 28, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Patty, Pam and John
It was all said at the beautiful celebration of your Mother. I remember so many things when you were growing up, especially John riding on his rocking horse. Nana and Beth cooking for the holidays and birthdays. Laughs, love and fun.
Beth was a wonderful person with love in her heart and there to
help anyone in need. Alway encouraging and up beat. She now is at peace and I know she will be looking down and watching over all of you. My prayers and thoughts are with you.
June
Reply
Janis Nichols
February 29, 2012 at 12:00 am
An Angel from earth is now in Heaven!
Every time I went into Hutchingson’s to buy candy, I was always greeted by one of your mom’s warm smiles. I studied the candy carefully, and when I went to pay, I magically ALWAYS had, “just enough money”! Let’s keep her love alive.
Reply
Sarah Volker-Clemens
March 19, 2012 at 4:10 pm
Dear Pam and Family,
Thinking of you all and praying that loving memories bring you all peace! Beth was a wonderful woman, I have fond memories of my mom taking me to the Dime Store and I would get so excited to see Beth!!!
Love and Hugs,
Sarah
Reply
David A. Haluch
March 25, 2012 at 10:03 am
John and Family sorry to hear of your Mom’s passing.
Thoughts and Prayers are with you and your Family.
It was amazing how we came to meet after all these years.
David A. Haluch
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