Ethel M. Rand
(Previously Mrs. Merritt Long)
Nov. 17, 1906-June 4, 2005
Ethel M. (Long) Rand, 98, of Pleasant Drive, Union, Mich., passed away Saturday at 8:20 p.m. June 4, 2005 while she was living with her daughter in Union.
She was born Nov. 17, 1906, in Delaware, Ohio, the daughter of Charles and Bertha (Symons) Stout. She was a graduate from Central High School, South Bend, and had lived in the South Bend, Niles, Edwardsburg and Holiday, Florida areas before moving to Union with her daughter.
Ethel was married as Ethel Stout on July 16, 1927 in South Bend to Merritt Long; he passed Oct. 10, 1972. She then married Adrian "Bus" Rand of June 15, 1973 in Portland, Ind.; he passed away Feb. 21, 1995. She is survived by a daughter, Marty (Jim) Russell of Union; and a son, Gene (Terry) Long of Memphis, Tenn.; There are two stepdaughters, Phyllis (Richard) Yena of LaGrange Park, Ill., and Marjorie (Terry) Crowel of Granger, Ind. There are six grandchildren, five step-grandchildren; a great-granddaughter and 13 step-great-grandchildren. She has a brother, George (Frances) Stout of Ballston Lake, N.Y.
Ethel was preceded in death by her parents; and two sisters, Bessie Harrier and Ruth Swift.
She and her husband Merritt Long were the owners of Long Flower Shop in Niles for over 25 years. She was a member of Community Congregational Church of South Bend, St. Joseph Chapter 569 Order of Eastern Star, (OES) of South Bend, Esther Rebekah Lodge 436 in Bristol. She was an honorary member of Vandalia Chapter 235, OES in Union.
Friends may call from noon to 1 p.m. (Michigan time) in the Paul E. Mayhew Funeral Home, Edwardsburg where the services will be at 1 p.m. (Michigan time) Tuesday, June 7, 2005. Officiating will be Rev. Jeff Reese, pastor of Hope United Methodist Church, Edwardsburg. Also the OES Vandalia Chapter of Union will have services Tuesday in the funeral home after the minister. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
In lieu of flowers, it is requested that donations be made to Hospice of Cass County, 310 East Sherwood, Decatur, MI 49045.
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