Mary Cole

Mary Ellen (Clark) Cole, age 86, of Byron Center, passed away on Sunday, August 27, 2023. She was born on February 28, 1937, in Flint. Mary is preceded in death by her parents, Charles & Mary Clark; two sisters, Maxine and Alice; two brothers, Virgil and Herman. Survivors include her husband of 67 years, Melvin D. Cole; children, Douglas (Dawn) Cole, Victoria (Kenneth) Stigers, Colleen (Melvin) Kamps and Debra Cole; Eleven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; sister, Florence Watson; many nieces, nephews and cousins. A Memorial Service will be held at 12:00 pm (Noon) on Saturday, September 9, 2023, at Carlisle United Methodist Church, 1084 76th Street SW, Byron Center. Visitation will be held one hour prior from 11:00 am until 12:00 pm. th Memorial Contributions may be made in Mary's name to: the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired https://www.abvimichigan.org/ or The American Diabetes Association https://diabetes.org/?form=Donate Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Michigan Cremation & Funeral Care, Grand Rapids, 616-452-3006. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Mary Cole, please visit our flower store.