Gerry Sturgeon

Stevensville, MI – Gerry Rand Sturgeon of Stevensville, MI, passed away on November 15, 2013 following an illness she battled for many years. A visitation celebrating her life and a time of sharing will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Monday, November 18, 2013 at Starks and Menchinger Chapel, 2650 Niles Rd., St. Joseph. Memorials may be made to Hospice at Home, Lakeland HealthCare Affiliate of St. Joseph, MI. Those wishing to sign Gerry’s Memory Book online may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com. Gerry Rand Sturgeon was born June 1st 1947 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She grew up as an Army Brat, traveled the world with her parents and eventually settled in Southwestern Michigan. She was a stay at home mom for many years and then entered the workforce and was employed by H&K Machine Company in Three Oaks, Twin City Engraving in St. Joseph and then Walsworth Print Group (Formerly IPC Print Services). Gerry was a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and the Stevensville American Legion Auxiliary. Gerry’s hobbies included gardening, home improvement projects and reading. Gerry always felt her greatest happiness in life was watching her three wonderful children; Bret, Wade and Lindsay grow into professional, accomplished individuals who made this world a better place. She is survived by her mother, Alma Rand of Sault Ste. Marie and the late Col. Richard S. Rand USA Ret.; her three children: Bret Zimmerman and his wife Corrine of Grosse Pointe Farms, MI; Wade Zimmerman and his wife Caroline of Denver, CO; and Lindsay Zimmerman Hunsberger and her husband Josh of Niles, MI; one granddaughter, Alexandria Zimmerman (daughter of Bret and Corrine Zimmerman); two step grandchildren, Allyson and Tristan Hunsberger (Lindsay and Josh Hunsberger); One grandchild due in Feb 2014 (child of Wade and Caroline Zimmerman); three siblings: Patricia Gardner and husband Richard; Claudia Prout and husband Gerald; and Rich Rand Jr. A remembrance for her very special friends from her Okinawa graduating class of 1965: Kit McKeon, Pam Hull Wilson, Chuck Garwood and Lito Tolentino, who held a very special place in her heart, and the Cosmo Girls Dinner Club: Mary Jo Tomasini, Gay Harrison and Sherry MacDonald.