Jeanne L. Kudsin

Jeanne L. Kudsin, born in 1926 to Belgian immigrants, Michel and Martha VanKeirsbilck, she grew up speaking both Flemish and English in her working class Detroit neighborhood. Jeanne excelled in school graduating from St. Phillip Neri Catholic High School in 1944. She attended Business College and was a bookkeeper before marrying Gerald Kudsin in 1946. With the birth of her first child in 1949, she left the business world to concentrate on raising her family, which eventually included five daughters and two sons.

Deeply devoted to her husband, family and faith, she was a stalwart member of Holy Innocents Catholic Parish where she faithfully attended mass and sent all of her children to school. Although an only child herself, she proved a gifted and inspirational guide and role model for her children whose careers include a teacher, a metallurgical engineer, a health and nutrition counselor, two registered nurses, a dental hygienist and a Marine Corps fighter pilot.

Thankful for her blessings and positive about life until the very end, she died peacefully after a brief battle with cancer at the home of her daughter, Roberta, and son-in-law, Jim. After many years of camping and enjoying the outdoors, her final days were spent watching sunsets from her window overlooking a quiet lake.

She was the wife of the late Gerald. She was the dear mother of Carrie Herr of Fortworth, Texas, David (Cheryl) of Doylestown, Ohio, Lynn (Al) Laurencelle of St. Clair, Michigan, Roberta (Jim) Peacock of Gowen, Michigan, Kathleen (Rob) Koehn of Macomb, Michigan the late Major Michel Walter Kudsin and the late Marie Annette Weiss. She was the Mother-in-law to Dr. Michael Weiss. Jeanne is also survived by her 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be Sunday from 2-8pm with a 7 pm Scripture service at Resurrection Funeral Home, 40800 Hayes Road, Clinton Township, MI 48038. Instate Monday 9 am until time of Mass at 9:30 am at St. Michael Catholic Community, 40501 Hayes Road, Sterling Heights, MI 48313.