Mary Christine "Chris" Willson

Willson (Miller), Mary Christine "Chris"

Of Jackson, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Sunday December 15 2013 at Allegiance Health. Chris was born in Bandana, Kentucky on November 4, 1919. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Leo Vincent Miller and her husband of 10 years, Arthur Charles Willson; her son Lee D. (Connie) Miller of Lincoln, Nebraska; her mother & father Nettie and Deward Webb of Jackson: her sister, Nellie Sapp and brother Alvin Webb.

Chris is survived by three children, James (Barbara) Miller of Grand Rapids, MI; Mary Ann (Jack) Brown of Rock Springs, Wyoming; and Mark (Beth) Miller of Jackson, MI; eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Chris is also survived by three step-daughters; Janice Hennick of Freeland, MI; Ann (Jim) Hammond and Carolyn Huyck of Jackson.

Chris was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and friend to many and will be deeply missed by all those whose lives she touched. Chris was a long-standing and devout parishioner of St. John's Catholic Church in Jackson.
Chris always felt that God should be first in her life and that the foundation of everything is to love each other.

The family will receive friends from 9:30am until 11:00am at St. John's Catholic Church on Thursday December 19, 2013. A Mass of Christian burial will follow at 11:00am. Interment will take place at St John's Catholic Cemetery officiated by Father James Shaver.

Chris was a resident at Arbor North in Jackson for the past seven years and thought of the staff and residents there as her second family. The family would like to thank Kevin and Leigh Ganton and their staff for their loving care.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Arbor North or St John's Catholic Parish.

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