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Helen L. Hoag passed away Sunday, February 12, 2006 at the age of 92. She was born September 30, 1913 in Williamston, MI the daughter of John and Ethel (Drake) Dexter. She was a graduate of Williamston High School class of 1931 and served as class treasurer. Helen was a member of the First Congregational Church of St. Johns and was active in many church groups such as the Congregators and Vesper. She was a Past Matron of the O.E.S. Radiant Chapter # 79, a member of the D.A.R. and the Huguenot Society. Helen married VanWyck Hoag February 28, 1933 in Lansing and worked with him as co-operator of the Hoag Funeral Home in St. Johns from 1950 to 1973.

She was predeceased by her husband; son John; brother, George Dexter; and sister, Elaine Dunckel. Surviving is a son Doug (Marlene) Hoag of Detroit; daughter-in-law, Arlene Hoag of St. Johns; six grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held 11:00am Friday, February 17, 2006 at the First Congregational Church of St. Johns, 100 Maple Street with Rev. Matthew Olson officiating. Interment will be at 3:00pm at Oakwood Cemetery in Grand Ledge. The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8pm Wednesday and Thursday at Keck-Coleman Funeral Home St. Johns 989-224-4422. Memorials may be made to First Congregational Church in memory of Helen. The family is being served by Keck-Coleman Funeral Home.

Matthew T. Hutton

Matt Hutton died February 8, 2006, at the age of 37. Matt’s body was defeated by Lou Gehrig’s disease but his spirit triumphed as he peacefully and courageously left this world surrounded by his loving family in the home he built for them. Born in Lansing on October 18, 1968, the son of John Thomas and Mary Antoinette (Derezinski) Hutton. Matt was a carpenter and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. He married Tamara Sudau in Las Vegas, NV on August 23, 2002; and she survives him.

Also surviving are his children, Madison Hutton, Emma Hutton, Logan Robinson and Haley Robinson, parents, Mary and Tom Hutton, three brothers, Jon (Valarie) Hutton, Ben (Becki) Hutton and Joe (Beth) Hutton, mother-in-law and father-in-law, Don and Jeanne Sudau and sister-in-law, Dodi (Shawn) Glinke. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Hugh and Marie Hutton, Clement and Leone Derezinski and Donald Nutt.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated 1:00 P.M. Saturday, February 11, 2006 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 109 Linden Ave., St. Johns, burial at Eureka Cemetery with the Rev. Fr. Eoin Murphy officiating. The family will receive friends 2-4 and 6-8 P.M. Friday at the Osgood Funeral Home, 104 E. Cass St., St. Johns with a prayer service at 7 P.M. Friday. Sympathy may be expressed in the form of memorials to the Matthew Hutton Children’s Education Fund in care of Fifth-Third Bank. A special thanks to Hospice of Clinton County.