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Doris Goodwin Obituary

Doris June Goodwin Lansing Our mom and grandma was taken from the arms of her family on July 9, 2010 at the age of 94 years. We will miss her warm hugs, sense of humor and stories of her youth. She loved her family, cross word puzzles, Detroit Tigers and any stray animal that needed a home. She worked hard her entire life to keep her family together, to provide a home for us to return to if our lives needed a boost. "Mom wasn't fancy, just fabulous." She retired from the State of Michigan. Surviving are 6 daughters, Bonnie Crandall, Rose Busch, Sandra Goodwin, Pamela (Paul) Williams, Doreen Lyman, and Cora (Richard) Jones; 3 sons, Alvin (Barbara) Goodwin, Bruce Goodwin, and Martis Goodwin; 18 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren; and many other family members and friends She was preceded in death by her grandson, Richard Lawrence. Visitation is from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. Sunday with services at 1:00 p.m. Monday, July 12, in the Tiffany Funeral Home, 3232 W. Saginaw, Lansing Interment Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Friends may visit the guest book at www.tiffanyfuneralhome.com "They whom we love and lose are no longer where they were before. They are now where we are."

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Published by Lansing State Journal on Jul. 11, 2010.

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Grandma at Christmas

Susan Barnaby

July 12, 2010

My grandma will be missed by her family and friends. Today I am missing her and wishing she were here. I know she is in a better place, with the ones she loved who passed before her. I love you grandma!

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