Marian Jean Whitehead
Oct. 5, 1934-Nov. 1, 1995
Obituaries
Marian Jean Whitehead
1934-1995
child abuse and neglect volunteer
Graveside services for Marian Jean Whitehead, 61, of 2534 Bond St., Niles, will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Silverbrook Cemetery by the Rev. Arnold O. Schaap of Edwardsburg.
Mrs. Whitehead died at 7:40 p.m. Wednesday, at Lakeland Medical Center-Niles, following a brief illness.
She was born Oct. 5, 1934, in Calumet City, Ill., and had lived in Niles most of her life.
On Feb. 15, 1956, in Falmouth, Mass., she married William G. Whitehead, who died Dec. 18, 1980.
Mrs. Whitehead was legal secretary at Legal Debt Relief in Niles. She had also served 12 years as clerk and manager of Golden Eagle Motel in Niles.
She was a member of Michiana First Assembly of God, Niles, and a student at Southwestern Michigan College; a member of American Association of Retired Persons; and served as a volunteer for Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, Cass County DSS.
Survivors include two daughters, Cynthia Snavely of Niles, and Wanda Gerold of Bridgman; a son, James Whitehead of Bridgman; eight grandchildren; and a brother, George Carr of South Bend, Ind. One sister and one brother preceded her in death.
There will be no visitation.
Memorial contributions may be made to LeSea Global Feed the Hungry.
Arrangements were completed by Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles.
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, November 2, 1995, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library