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Dolores M. Thomas Lansing Dolores Maxine (Furgala) Thomas, age 79 passed away on September 3, 2009. Dolores was born on June 29, 1930 in DeWitt, MI one of 12 children to John and Cleastus Furgala. She devoted her life to her family and touched each ones heart with love and laughter. She is survived by her daughters, Julia Lunsted and Nancy Stewart, 4 grandchildren, Mathew, Jennifer, Paul and Alana, 2 great-grandchildren, Ashlynn and Emmalynn and 4 sisters, May Bodo, Audrey O'Brien, Sharon Gonzales and Shirley McKensie. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Gorsline Runciman Funeral Home, 900 E. Michigan Ave. Interment will follow in Eastlawn Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, September 6, 2009 at the funeral home.

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Published by Lansing State Journal on Sep. 5, 2009.

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