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Mildred Antoinette Marin

Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Mildred Antoinette Marin (nee Jablonski), age 84, died at the Chelsea Community Hospital peacefully, yet unexpectedly on February 27, 2007. "Millie", life-long educator, community activist, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother died Tuesday evening in the company of her husband,...

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"Mrs. Marin" was one of my all-time favorite teachers. While in junior high, we always knew that she loved her students, she loved teaching, and she loved God. Although I moved out of state after finishing school, seeing Mrs. Marin at Sunday mass when I'd come home to visit was always a highlight. My prayers are with her family, as they mourn her passing. She was a wonderful woman, and I am blessed to have known her.

When I was going through RCIA at St.Thomas Parish in 1990, Millie was part of a group of catechists who had a profound effect on me. What a group they were--Millie, Sheila,Dorothy, Mary, Sue--all of them women of faith and strong in their beliefs. They were an inspiration to me. But what I cherish most is the memory of Millie's kindness and the joyful way in which she lived her life with her family and friends.She radiated goodness and she shared her kindness with so many people, often just...

Millie is a "mom" for all of us Aquinas Alum that are pals to any of her children. My first & fondest memory of her, is being able to dine on one of her home-cooked meals. Roast beef with all the trimmings! Right from the Aquinas dorm, I kept thinking, "A mom is feeding me today!". She tended to more than just my stomach that day. As the years progressed, my love and affection for Millie continued to grow . . . as I grew into adulthood and middleagehood - her witness, respect & support...

Mille and Ken welcomed many young Aquinas faculty families to the campus community, ours among them. Together they demonstrated how work, faith, family, and friendship could be combined in a way that earned the love and admiration of all who knew them. Their legacy includes a multitude who will be unable to think of Millie and Ken without acknowledging their kindness and generosity. Our prayers and condolences go out to Ken and the family during this sad moment in their lives.

I so want to fly home to celebrate Millie Marin's life with Ken and their wonderful family. I spent so many wonderful evenings and dinners with Marcia and Marilyn and Ken and Millie. I loved Millie's outspoken passion for so many good causes, her tribute to common sense amid intellectual discussions and her faith in the midst of life's harder realities. She was a great woman in my book and a fitting partner for her fine husband whom I regard with the deepest affection. My thoughts and...

Millie was very kind to me as a child and great leader in the junior catholic daughters organization. I will never forget the fun we had making christmas trees from reader's digest magazines!

Millie was a sweet special person who will be missed by all here at Silver Maples. I will miss that beautiful face lighting up the hallways. My thoughts and prayers are with Ken and the whole family.
Danielle Clark, Independent Living Receptionist, Silver Maples of Chelsea.

A most remarkable woman who I had the honor to know in her last years here at SilverMaples in Chelsea. Her unlimited love and charm and care for others was an example to all. The capacity for good humor and also deep faith gave her a 'beacon of love' appearance.Although I had only known here for a year or so here in Chelsea, she remains imbedded in my heart in that whenever I hear the name 'Millie' I shall automatically smile..what greater bequest can one leave behind? My personal condolences...

I left a message before and I'm sure that the guest book police didn't care for my last name. I had this experience when my cousin died and eventually there were four messages from me! Hopefully, this will be the only one, please accept my condolences and my thoughts and prayers. You know you have our affection and all the good memories shared by the Clingmans and the Marins. We will all miss her, and we all loved her very much.