Thank you The family of Jane Allen wish to express our sincere appreciation to everyone who helped in the time of loss of our mother and grandmother. Thank you to Pastor May for you wonderful tribute. Kevin Pike for your compassionate guidance, the United Methodist women for the luncheon. And to our family and friends, a special thanks for always being there with your love, prayers and support during our grieving. Sandy, Carl, Deb Amy, Chris, Matt, Laura, Drew & Piper

Family & Friends,
All who attended my art exhibit Saturday, April 20th, thank you! It meant so much to me. With a full heart and many thanks to the ones who planned and worked so hard to make this art exhibit a reality. Without these people it wouldn’t have happened: Claudia & Tom Mabie, Jan Hammersmith, Denise Baty and Tim Hindenach. Thru the years Tom Mabie and Dan Pascavis for their carpentry in my “Studio.” Huge thanks to Tim for his great photography for CDs, paintings and me, Sarah and her photography studio and photos, Pam’s framing shop and the Cedar Springs Post for the great article.
Alice Powell

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the 300+ family, friends and community members who attended “Art with Alice” last Saturday, April 20th.  The recognition and support you gave to the creativity of Alice Norton Powell was tremendous!
We’d also like to thank the special individuals who gave tirelessly to help make the event such a success:  Sarah Mackinnon of S.Mack Photo & Design and Terry Peterson of TJP Photography provided the perfect venue for Alice’s exhibit and shared their supplies and creative expertise as well.  Pam Shears of Framed Images gave very generously of her time, talents and materials.  Thelma Morris was always helpful and supportive.  Louise King and Zane Rice shared their computer wizardry and creative talents.  Melissa Mickey provided her professional expertise in helping us hang the exhibit.  Donna Clark gave tremendous assistance with advertising.  CS Tool Engineering generously printed the flyers and signs.  Jan Hammersmith graciously served refreshments and provided post production assistance.  Judy Reed and The Post, as well as Tom Noreen and The Bugle, were very supportive in their coverage of the artist and the event.  Our husbands, Tim Hindenach and Tom Mabie, lent their patience, support, time and muscle in helping us bring the exhibit to fruition.
Last, but certainly not least, we’d thank Alice Norton Powell for sharing her creativity and spirit with us, as well as showing us how to enjoy a life well-lived for 86 years!

Most Sincerely,
Denise Baty & Claudia Mabie  

Red Flannel Festival Committee,
To the Committee, I wish to say thank you for selecting me to represent Cedar Springs as Grand Marshal this Red Flannel Day. I am deeply honored and thankful to our local newspapers, Post, Bugle and Advance for the very nice articles of my involvement in Cedar Springs. We will try to do as our Founders of Red Flannel Day both Grace and Nina would like us to do. To be a community that comes together as one for our City and our Pride in the flannels that has brought fame and some fortune to this small town with big hearted citizens. This year we have as our theme “Pirates.” We aim to steal your hearts and send the Red Flannels high on the Yardarm for all the world to see! Join us celebrating a wonderful 2013 Red Flannel Day.

Mary Goller Kilts

Dear Family and Friends, our heartfelt thank yous for your prayers, beautiful flowers, the many cards of sympathy, and your thoughtful memorial contributions in honor of Mother, Grandmother, and Great-grandmother, Nettie E. Morris. We wish to express our thanks to Bliss-Witters & Pike Funeral Home for their compassion and caring to both Nettie and family. Our special thank you to Pastor Darryl Miller at South Ensley United Methodist Church, for his up lifting words and giving us all such a comforting service. A very special thank you to Mother’s church family, who she loved so much, for they showed and served a beautiful luncheon, filled with lots of love.

Love to you all,

Nettie E. Morris family

We would like to thank our relatives, friends and neighbors for their prayers, cards of sympathy, beautiful flowers and planters, and memorial contributions in honor of our dear sweet wife, mother, grandmother, Audrey Mae White. We thank family and friends who attended the visitation and funeral service and expressed their sympathy with words of love, special memories and loving hugs. We thank Dave Pederson and his staff at Pederson Funeral Home; the staff at Metron of Cedar Springs for taking such loving care of Audrey and for their kindness and loving care of our family. Thank you to Pastor Barry Briggs for his words of comfort, and to Deb Johnson and the ladies at The Springs Free Methodist Church for the delicious and bountiful luncheon; and thank you to The Springs Care Team for the delicious meals brought in for our family. Thank you God for the 90 years of life you gave to this special woman, our wife, mother and grandmother.

Donald White

Suzanne & Jennings Johnson & family

Bonnie & Tom Reynolds & family

Donald C. White & family

Anna Carter, a 7th grader at Cedar Springs Middle School recently participated in the 2013 Miss Jr. Teen Pageant. Although she did not qualify to move up to the national competition, she was grateful for the experience and thoroughly enjoyed herself! She felt the pageant helped her gain confidence in interviewing, public speaking and poise. Anna would like to thank her sponsors who helped make this happen. Dr. Herreman, Independent Bank of Cedar Springs, Vanderhyde Ford, Geek Worx, and Hair Masters. Anna’s parents, Craig and Michelle Carter, would like to thank God for the young woman He is molding Anna into and let her know how proud they are of her dedication, determination and courage.

I would like to thank all my friends and family who came to help me celebrate my 90th birthday. I had a nice time. Thank you for all the nice cards and gifts. Also to all my family for the nice lunch they put on for us, including the beautiful came my granddaughter made for me. Thanks a lot.

Stella White

We would like to thank you all for the prayers, cards, flowers, food and other acts of kindness shown to us throughout Dawn’s illness.

We would especially like to thank Kevin at Bliss, Witters & Pike and Pastor Chuck Smith for the beautiful funeral service; Cedar Springs Floral for the beautiful flowers and everyone at Metron of Cedar Springs for their care during this difficult time.

It is all greatly appreciated. Thank you again.

The family of Dawn Kelly

Special thanks to Mary Hall, Ann Brott, Deputy Kimbrough of the Kent County Sheriff’s Department, and Kevin Pike for their care of our mother on November 16, 2012; Pike Funeral Home for outstanding service throughout the planning and funeral processes; Cedar Springs Floral for the beautiful job on the casket spray; all the family and friends who sent flowers and cards, gave memorial contributions, attended the visitation and/or funeral, and otherwise expressed condolences; Pastor Larry Young for the funeral service; the Brott, Hall and Parker families whose watchful care gave us peace of mind and were a blessing to our mother; Birchville School friends, class of 1942 CSHS friends, North Kent Seniors, and others whose friendship enriched our mother’s life; and to God for giving us this special woman to be our mother, allowing her to be here for 89 years, and giving her the gift of health and independent living right up until her last moment on earth.

The family of Helen Valiket