Jeanne Veach

The daughter of Fred & Wilhelmina (Brown) Garber she was born October 1st, 1927 in Detroit. Jeanne graduated from Cass Tech HS in Detroit and then Harper Grace School of Nursing in 1949. She married Jim Veach in 1950. While raising her family, she did volunteer nursing at local health fairs & drug rehabilitation clinics. She was camp nurse at the Troop 401 Rifle River Boy scout camp that she and Jim ran for 20 years. She was an avid outdoors person in her youth and, as an adult, enjoyed cross country skiing, canoeing, and camping. With a station wagon of 4 boys, Jim and Jeanne drove down many a country road exploring Michigan and all the "hysterical markers". In 1985, they retired to Manistee to renovate a farmhouse and open the Manistee Country House, a B&B, which they ran for 16 yrs. Her quiet spiritual guidance was through active participation at Village Presbyterian and Good Shepherd Lutheran churches: getting her boys to bible study and choir practice, singing in the choir herself and volunteering for youth group, church council and funeral luncheons. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim in 2002. She is survived by her brother, Fred & Pat Garber of Redford; four sons, John & Pat of Manistee, David of Livonia, Paul & Lisa of Grand Haven, and Peter & Anne of Dearborn; 13 grandchildren; and 4 great-grandchildren. A memorial service in her honor will be held at St James Presbyterian Church in Redford, at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 18th. Guests can meet with the family 30 min prior, at the church. She will be interred with Jim at White Chapel Cemetery Troy. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Lakeshore Assisted Living-income based program at lakeshore.baruchsls.org or Heritage House and Homestead Farm Museum in Essexville, PO Box 103, Essexville MI. Arrangements are entrusted to Michigan Cremation and Funeral Care, Grand Rapids. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Jeanne Veach, please visit our flower store.