Obituaries

Beverly Gail (Schram) Marrison, age 86, of Hessel, Michigan, died at McLaren Hospice House of Cheboygan, in Cheboygan, Michigan, on April 16, 2023. She was born in Lansing, Michigan, on July 17, 1936, to Robert Leigh and Vivian Kate (Otto) Schram.

Beverly grew up in Lansing and in Bath, Michigan. She graduated from Haslett High School in 1954 and was crowned Miss Buick. She married her high school sweetheart, Gerald Marrison, on November 12, 1954, in Haslett. They moved to DeWitt, bought a house, and started their family where Beverly was a stay at home mother. The family later moved to Perry in 1958 where Beverly became the local babysitter and full-time mother to her own children. Over the years Beverly cared for a total of 67 children. Once the kids were older, she went to work retail at Murphy’s in the Meridian Mall, and then First National Bank in East Lansing where she did bookkeeping and managed the trouble desk. Later she was a cook for a few years at The Mission Home in Perry and then she began working at an Assisted Living Facility as a private caregiver. In the mid 1970’s, they bought a farm in Morrice, Michigan. After selling the farm, they purchased the Island View Resort in Cedarville, Michigan. They ran the resort, as well as a local trash business B & J Trash Service for a few years before they moved back to Perry during retirement. The couple bought a house and started a Camper Repair Business. Beverly did all the canvases and upholstery work on all the campers while Gerald did all the maintenance. They were together for 64 years until Gerald died in 2019. After Gerald’s death, Beverly moved to Hessel to be with her family.

Beverly enjoyed the outdoors and loved watching the birds at her 6 feeders outside her windows; watching the wildlife that would wander into her yard was something Beverly deeply appreciated each day. She also enjoyed camping in the Smoky Mountains and all over the state of Michigan. She loved reading, cooking, baking, solving puzzles, sewing, knitting, gardening, and traveling. She enjoyed canning chicken, beef, vegetables, tomato juice, tomato soup, and catsup. Her favorite project was always designing her children’s and grandchildren’s Halloween costumes. Beverly was a woman of many talents and aspirations and made many great friends over the years. She loved her family deeply and will be greatly missed.

Beverly is survived by her son, Neal (Laura) Marrison of Lansing; daughters, Therese Taylor of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and Leeann (Kenneth) Landreville of Hessel; grandchildren, Bethany Warner, Curt (Trisha) Warner, Kevin Warner, Brian (Samantha) Warner, Amanda (Preston) Koning, Alexander (Michelle) Marrison, Molly Taylor, Christopher Taylor, Emily Taylor, Adam Smallman, Donielle (Joe) Nyberg, Raechel (Joey) Homminga, and Alice (Nick) Springer; great-grandchildren, Hunter Mogle, Miles Marrison, Lucy Marrison, Brody Reidsma, Jeremy Walker, Andrew Kalimanis, Bretlynn Warner, CJ Warner, Brianna Warner, Remington Warner, Taylor Nyberg, Cayden Nyberg, Logan Nyberg, Maizie Nyberg, Mya Homminga, Joseph Homminga, RaeLynn Homminga; and sister in law, Mary Schram of Oklahoma.

Beverly was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald; daughter, Denise Warner; parents, Robert and Vivian; sister and brother in law, Kathleen (Gordon) Barnard; brother, Robert Schram; father and mother in law, Clarence and Mildred Marrison; brother and sister in law, Alvis and Clarabelle Klusack; brother in law, Clarence Marrison; and brother and sister in law, Robert and Wanda Lyons.

Memorial Contributions can be made out to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 840692, Dallas, Texas 75284 or McLaren Hospice House of Cheboygan, 722 South St. Cheboygan, Michigan 49721.

Galer Funeral Homes & Cremation of Pickford, Michigan, is serving the family. Condolences may be left to the family at www.galerfuneralhomes.com.