Wilma Royan
Feb. 17, 1923-April 12, 2001
Niles Daily Star, Friday, April 12, 2001, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Wilma J. “Jeanne” Royan
1923-2001
Funeral services for Wilma J. “Jeanne” Royan, 78, of 1123 Ferry Street, Niles, are Saturday at 10 a.m. At Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, by the Rev. Robert M. Zagore of Saint Paul's Lutheran Church.
Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
Royan died Thursday at 1:10 a.m. Thursday at Lakeland Medical Center, Niles, following a brief illness.
She was born Feb. 17, 1923, in South Bend, Ind., to William and Louise Stair Holley. She had lived in the Niles area since 1959, coming from Portland, Ore.
On Jan. 25, 1962, in Detroit, she married John C. Royan, who preceded her in death.
Royan was a former employee of Simplicity Pattern Company, Niles. She was a member of saint Paul's Lutheran church in Niles. During her retirement, she was a part-time lunchtime supervisor at Howard school. She was a welder in a Vancouver shipyard during World War II.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, John M. Miller.
Survivors include: Two daughters, Laurel J. Rosebush of Findlay, Oh. and Kathleen Powell of South Bend, Ind.; a son, Vernon L. Lovell of Detroit; a step-son Raymond S. Royan of Naples, Fla.; a stepdaughter, Cheryl Lynn Whiteman of Edwardsburg; a sister Betty Brown; a brother, Jim Holley of Peru, Ind.; 11 grandchildren; and 4 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Halbritter Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Niles Lions Club.