Michigan
Funerals for some Grand Blanc Twp. church victims set
By Charles E. Ramirez, Medianews Group
This week at the very least two funerals are deliberate for 2 of the 4 victims who died final week in a large capturing and hearth in a church of the saints of the final days within the municipality of Grand Blanc.
Visitation for John Thomas Bond Jr., 77, will happen on Wednesday at 10.00 am within the Fenton Chapel of Sharp Funeral Houses, 1000 Silver Lake Highway in Fenton, in line with the funeral middle.
At 11 am there’s a memorial service within the chapel. There will probably be a non-public funeral on the Nice Lakes Nationwide Cemetery. The funeral just isn’t accessible to the media.
Bond was one of many 4 individuals who died within the assault of 28 September on the church of Jesus Christ of the Saints of the final days to McCandlish Highway in Grand Blanc Township. Thomas “Jake” Sanford is accused of ramming his truck by having rammed a church wall and opening the hearth. He’s additionally accused of setting the church on hearth. He was later shot and killed.
Bond was a veteran of the American navy who served within the warfare in Vietnam. He was a golf lover who “all the time likes to spend time along with his household and grandchildren,” stated the funeral middle.
The go to to Thelma Rina Armstrong will now happen on Saturday at 9 a.m. within the Fenton Chapel of Sharp Funeral Houses, 1000 Silver Lake Highway in Fenton, in line with the Uitvaartcentrum.
At 11 am there’s a memorial service within the chapel.
Armstrong, 54, taught 5 -year -olds within the church of Jesus Christ of the Saints of the final days.
A minimum of two different victims have already been buried.
On Monday providers have been held for Craig Douglas Hayden, 72, within the church of Jesus Christ of the Saints of the final days, 1225 Robert t Longway Blvd. In Flint.
Hayden is described as a devoted household man and likewise held a number of features within the church, together with Bishop, younger males’s president and Scoutmaster.
And on Friday providers have been held for William Patrick Howard, 77, within the McGeehan Funeral Residence, 316 W. Broad Avenue in Chesaning, in line with the funeral middle.
Based on his demise discover, Howard was described as a devoted husband, father, grandfather and a person with an unwavering religion. He was identified for his deep beliefs, love for studying and lifelong service to his household and church.
The authorities proceed to analyze the capturing and the hearth, wherein eight have been additionally injured. Shortly after the assault, Sanford was lethal shot by a police officer from Grand Blanc Township and a nature conservation officer of the Michigan Division of Pure Sources.
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