Lillian Powers Stinson, part-time resident of Cedar Springs since her youth, passed away on September 17, 2009. She was 75, born in Chicago. Lillian was a lifelong Lutheran and educator, holding undergraduate degrees and a doctorate in elementary education, all earned at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. She often stated that she had taught every grade, from kindergarten through graduate school. She was a retired professor of elementary education at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. She is sadly missed by her husband of 45 years, Gerald E. Stinson; her four step-children Dee Owens, Bruce Stinson, Dayne Stinson, and Holly Osborne, their children and grandchildren. She also leaves many nieces, nephews, and their children, all of whom sadly miss her as well.  No funeral services are planned. A celebration of life service will be announced and held later, probably in the Midwest. Cremation has occurred.