Carol Jospehine (DeGolia) Mead Cloverdale Carol Josephine (DeGolia) Mead of Cloverdale, Michigan, passed away January 20, 2014, at 104 years of age. She was born November 15, 1909 on her parents' farm. She had a very happy childhood growing up in the farm near Cloverdale and she became an avid horseback rider. After graduation she met and married Lee R. Mead of rural Hastings, Michigan. After the depression they moved to Big Rapids for work and she was employed there by Wolverine Glove for ten years. She retired at age sixty five as receptionist in Taggert Hall at Ferris University. In here retired years she spent winters in Deming, New Mexico at her home and also lived in later years with her son at his home in Michigan. She was an arduous worker, always putting her family ahead of herself and loved housekeeping, yard, flowers and shoveling snow. One of her greatest pleasures was dancing, all her life to age ninety five. She belonged to the First United Methodist Church and the Moose Lodge Ladies Auxiliary in Deming. Early in retired life she attended church at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Delton with her parents and her sister. She is survived by a son, Arlo L. Mead, of Cloverdale, a daughter, Colleen M. (Jerry) Misko, of Freeport, four grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, one great great grandchild, several cousins, nephews, friends, and her loyal friend and boarder for thirty five years, Richard A. Wolf, who spear-headed all the remodeling, repairs, maintenance and lawn keeping at both homes in New Mexico and Michigan. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, Bernard K. and Clara M. (Hayward) DeGolia, her sister, Izola M.(DeGolia) (Emery-Bus) Apsey. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her. We were blessed for one hundred and four years with her presence and now lives in great joy everlasting. There will be no visitation. A funeral service will be conducted Friday, January 24, 2014, 11:00 AM, at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home in Delton. A luncheon will be served immediately following the service at the Hope Township Hall (M-43) between Cloverdale and Schultz Road. Private interment will be at Prairieville Cemetery in Prairieville, Michigan, with a small memorial service in the spring. Please visit www.williamsgoresfuneral.com to leave a condolence message for Carol's family. Service Information
Friday, January 24th, 2014 11:00am,
Williams-Gores Funeral Home