Isabell Mae Mercer
May 2, 1915 - June 22, 2005

 

Location: Eagle Funeral Home in Hudson
Visitation: Monday, June 27, from 11:00 a.m. until service time
Service: Monday, June 27, at 12:00 p.m.
Cemetery: Evergreen Cemetery, Ransom Township
Memorial Contributions: Eastern Michigan University Foundation

 

Isabell Mae Mercer, age 90, formerly of Waldron, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2005, at Botsford General Hospital in Farmington Hills, Michigan. She was born May 2, 1915 in Ransom Twp., Michigan to Ernest F. and Merle (Higgins) Moine. She married Ralph Mercer on May 30, 1939, in Auburn, Indiana. He preceded her in death on May 4, 1967.

Isabell graduated from Waldron High School in 1933 and received her B.S. in 1961 and Masters in 1967 in Education from Eastern Michigan. She first taught school in Hillsdale County and throughout Michigan. After her retirement from the Dearborn Heights School District in 1974, she traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe.

Surviving Isabell is one sister, Pauline Howell of Ann Arbor, Michigan; four nieces, Lin (Bud) Fox of Saline, Michigan, Susan Lancaster of Hilo, Hawaii, Pamela (Raymond) Lepper of Midlothian, Virginia and Rebecca Lancaster of Oakland, California; two nephews, Don Howell of Florida and Lary (Joann) Lancaster M.D. of Tucson, Arizona. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and sister, Frances O'Rourke.

Funeral services for Isabell Mercer will be Monday, June 27, 2005, at 12:00 p.m. at Eagle Funeral Home in Hudson with Rev. Thomas Burke officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery in Ransom Twp., Michigan. Visitation will be Monday from 11:00 a.m. until service time.

Those planning an expression of sympathy may make memorial contributions to Eastern Michigan University Foundation.