Loretta E. Bixby

Mrs. Loretta E. Bixby, age 86, died Tuesday, November 6, 2007. She was born in Pine Bluff, WY on January 16, 1921 to George & Eathel (Wilson) Easton. Loretta had been employed as a executive secretary for the President of Security First Bank. She was a Communicant St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church - Twin Lake & St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church. Loretta was a volunteer at Hospice, active in St. Thomas Parish & a volunteer of secretarial duties at North Ottawa Community Hospital. SURVIVORS 2 daughters, Nancy (Daniel) Sheesley of Whitehall & Vivian (Dr. Mark) Love Kyle; 7 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; 3 sisters, Delores "Deannie" (Edmund) LeRoux of Huron, SD, Shirley (William) Poling of Ft. Myers, FL & Betty Peterson of Greenfield, IA & 1 brother, Gerald Donald Stidham of Muskegon. She was preceded in death by her 1st husband, Thomas N. Rafferty, 2nd husband, Oliver P. Bixby, 3rd husband, Oliver Stanfield & 4th husband, William Sipe, son, Patrick N. Rafferty, 3 brothers, Edward , Bobby, & Lonnie Stidham & a sister, Betty Kendra. SERVICE Saturday, November 10, 2007, 11:00 AM at St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church - Twin Lake with Fr. Donn Tufts Celebrant & Rev. Dr. Mark Kyle eulogist. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery. VISITATION Saturday, 1 hour prior to the service at St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church - Twin Lake. MEMORIAL: Harbor Hospice (Poppen House). Clock Life Story- Muskegon