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David Mulford Obituary
Lansing
Age 99, passed away January 19, 2017. He was born May 22, 1917, in St. Louis, MI, to the late Emery and Nettie Mulford.
David proudly served with the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II.
He retired from General Motors, was a member of the American Legion Buck Reasoner Post #238 in Holt and a life member of Pennway Church of God.
He is survived by his daughter, Diana "Dina" (David) DeNike of Charlotte; stepchildren, Verlene (Gene) Ritter of East Lansing and Audalene Dean of Mason; and numerous grandchildren on through great-great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Dorothy, and three sisters, Celia, Ruth and Beatrice.
David's family would like to thank Vista Springs Edgewood and Great Lakes Caring Hospice for the wonderful care afforded to their father.
The funeral service will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 24, 2017, at Pennway Church of God, 1101 E. Cavanaugh, Lansing, with Pastor John Davey and Pastor Doug Irving officiating. Interment will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. His family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Monday at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel and again at the church on Tuesday from 11:00 a.m. until the service time. Memorial contributions may be made to Great Lakes Caring Hospice.
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Teresa Burtley
March 16, 2017
David was the first resident I met when I started working at vista springs. My first year there I helped him just about every day that I worked. I looked forward to his singing. There was many things I loved about David.His laugh, his smile or him talking about his dad being a piano tuner or cooking in the navy. He would talk about painting. I always would run the water in the kitchen sink and get it cold so he could have water before bed. He would take a sip and say ahhhh good old Michigan water!!! Boy that's good!!! My absolute favorite thing was when someone would bring a dog in to visit,his face would light up so bright!! Like a Christmas tree!! That's about the only thing would make him stop reading the paper besides mealtime we all know he loved his coffee!!!
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