Norma Geipel

Norma Geipel, 79, of St. Joseph, went to meet her Lord & Savior, Monday, February 24, 2003 at Lakeland Hospital, St. Joseph. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:30 A.M. Thursday at St. Paul?s Lutheran Church, Stevensville with Rev. Gerald Schroer & Rev. Ronald Freier officiating. Burial will follow at Lincoln Township Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 P.M. at Starks & Menchinger Family Funeral Home, 2650 Niles Rd., St. Joseph. Memorials may be made to St. Paul?s Lutheran Church. Those wishing to share a memory or sign the guest book online may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com. Mrs. Geipel was born December 20, 1923 in Stevensville to Herman & Selma (Lemke) Siewert. On May 30, 1947 she married Stanley Geipel in Stevensville. During WWII Norma was employed at the 1900 Corporation in St. Joseph. She also worked for Emlong?s for 13 years before working at Heath-Zenith from where she retired in June 1988 after 20 years of employment. Norma was a member of St. Paul?s Lutheran Church where she was active in the Ladies Aid and the Altar Guild. She was always willing to help at church wherever she was needed. Mrs. Geipel is survived by her daughter-Sally (Jimmie) Blalock of Birmingham, AL; her son-Richard (Patti) Geipel of Livonia, MI; four grandchildren-Holly Geipel of Ann Arbor; Jimmie (Amy) Blalock, II of Birmingham, AL; Jackie Blalock of Birmingham; Jaime Blalock of Birmingham; one great-granddaughter-Samantha Leigh Blalock of Birmingham; two step grandchildren-Kelly & Karri; two step great-grandchildren-Rochelle & Shannon; her brother-Oliver Siewert of Ocala, FL; & seven nieces & nephews-Scott, Deborah, Denice, Gregory, Stephanie, Joyce, & Jim. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Stanley on July 1, 1964; and her son Jack Wilson on June 1, 1973.