Eileen H. Stover

Eileen H. (Bell) Stover Eileen H. (Bell) Stover, age 90, was born in Detroit March 16, 1918, to George Malcolm Holmes and Anna Mae Miller Holmes; she went home to the loving arms of Jesus Saturday, August 23, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband Preston C. Bell, her son Douglas Preston Bell, and her second husband Russell H. Stover. She is survived by her son Robert Holmes Bell (Helen); her stepdaughter, Patricia Stover Gaffner (Wilford), and her stepson, Russell Douglas Stover (Kris); her grandchildren, Robert H. Bell Jr. (Kristen), Ruth Eileen Bell Olsson (Jeffrey), Jonathan N. Bell, W. Dale and M. Dean Gaffner, Nathan (Katherine), Seth (Shannon), and Jennifer Stover; great-grandchildren, Robert H. III and Preston Douglas Bell, Zinnia Ruth and Oskar Walter Olsson, Russell, Rose, Samuel, and Sarah Stover, Caleb and Ashley Stover; her sister, Maxine Holmes Bell; her brother-in-law, Dwight A. Bell (Dorothy); sisters-in-law, June Stover and Doris Stover Russell (Robert); brothers-in-law, Dick (Colleen) and Don (Mitzie) Wells; and extended family, and many friends. Earning both her BS and MS from MSU, she taught homemaking and English in Unionville, Kingston, and Okemos, then became an extension agent for MSU specializing in new foods, hosting a radio program, and writing a newspaper column. Foods and cooking, quilting, and book collecting were her hobbies. She possessed a lively, generous spirit, but even more she loved Bible teaching, having taught children and adults in innumerable settings including a class at Spectrum Health Continuing Care Center in recent years. Nothing in life mattered more to her than that her Lord be worshipped and loved by her family, friends, and all she met. Upon the death of Russell H. Stover, she moved from Williamston to Beacon Hill at Eastgate to be near her family in Grand Rapids. Heartfelt thanks to the wonderful staff of Beacon Hill for their care and support and to Calvary Church for loving attention. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, August 27 at the Zaagman Memorial Chapel, 2800 Burton St., Grand Rapids and Thursday, August 28 at Gorsline Runciman Chapel, Williamston, with visitation at 10 a.m. and service at 11 a.m. Memorials may be made to the Spanish American Mission, Calvary Church, or Mars Hill Bible Church. Arrangements by Zaagman Memorial Chapel, 2800 Burton St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546.