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Mary Maxine "Grandma" Rager
13 Feb 1924 – 13 May 2014
| Birth | 13 Feb 1924 |
| Death | 13 May 2014 |
| Cemetery | Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park South Kalamazoo , Kalamazoo County , Michigan , USA |
| Added by | Angela Brown-Costa on 13 May 2015 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130043787 |
Bio
Mary Maxine (Henion) Rager, 90, of Lawrenceville, GA, went to be with the Lord May 13, 2014. Mary Maxine Rager 1924-2014 Forever Loved Forever Missed "Gone Fishin!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzDgP7XPy3c She was born to the late Samuel J. Henion and Jessie Mae Heckathorn, Feb. 13, 1924. She married the late Leo Neel in 1942, in Nebraska, before Leo left for Australia during WWII. Mary had two children Gloria & Crystal Neel. Eventually divorcing, Mary moved to Michigan. Where she met and married Reynold Whitcomb. After Reynold's death, she eventually met & married Robert L. Rager, who also proceeded her in death, 1980. Mary was a custodian and nursing assistant for most her working career, then she became a full-time nanny, until she retired. Mary was a self-taught musician and songwriter. She played the harmonica and piano. Her favorite pastimes were bowling, fishing, playing music and dancing. She was funny, kind and always loving. She was a light shining into all the lives she touched. Mary is survived by two children: Gloria Clark, Lawrenceville, GA and Crystal Dingman, of Portage, Michigan. She also is survived by eight grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. She will be missed more than can ever be expressed. Do not stand at my grave and weep Do not stand at my grave and weep; I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush, I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry; I am not there, I did not die. Mary Frye, American poet (1904 - 2004) Afterglow I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one. I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I'd like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I'd like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun; Of happy memories that I leave when life is done. Unknown Ashes will be moved to Mount-Everest Memorial Park
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- Alma M. Landes Pettis 1910–1988
- Edith Ellen Henion Richards 1917–1997
- Harold F Henion 1919–2001
- Chester Cyrus Henion 1921–1993
- Dorothy Lenore Henion Peterson 1927–2013
- Violet Henion 1929–1929
- Leo Dean Henion 1930–2010
- Donnie E. Henion 1936–1984
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