Barbara Weed DeWitt

WEED (DeWitt), Barbara E (nee Slanger), age 91 , of Grand Rapids, died Monday, February 17, 2014 at St. Ann’s Home. Barbara was born on September 12, 1922 in Grand Rapids, daughter of the late Fred and Helen “Nell” (Jirous) Slanger. She was also preceded in death by her husbands Vern C. Weed and Harold DeWitt, daughter-in-law Mary A. Weed, sisters Loretta Jane Miller, and her husband Floyd, and Betty Worden and her husband Jack. Barbara is survived by her sons Richard C. (Linda) Weed of Stockbridge , GA and Robert J. (DeAnna) Weed of Grand Rapids, grandchildren Debra Lassaline, Michelle (William) Lawver, Timothy R. Weed, C.S.C., Colleen M. Weed, and Mary Kate Weed, and great grandchildren Trevor and Nicole Lassaline. She was a member of St. Alphonsus Parish. The funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, February 21, 2014 at St. Alphonsus Parish, 224 Carrier Street, NE, Grand Rapids, Rev. Pat Grile C.Ss.R., celebrant. She will lie in state at the church Friday at 10 a.m. The family will receive friends Thursday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Reyers North Valley Chapel, 2815 Fuller Ave. NE, Grand Rapids. Interment at Fairplains Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Ann’s Home, 2161 Leonard St NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504.