Betty Jackson Schlosser

Betty Jackson Schlosser, age 91, of Cedarville, Michigan, died March 14, 2016, at Cedar Cove Assisted Living Community in Cedarville, her home since August 2008. Betty was born August 12, 1924, in Topeka, Kansas, to Howard Little Jackson and Leila Agnes (Gordon) Jackson. Betty was three years old when her family moved from Kansas to Flint, Michigan. She graduated from Flint Central High School and attended the University of Michigan Nursing School in Ann Arbor. She graduated in 1947 and began working at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan. Betty married Richard B. Schlosser on December 27, 1947 and they made their home in Waterford Township. They built and lived in two different houses there while raising three children, Rick, Lois, and Jim. In August 1976, they moved to the Upper Peninsula and made their home in Gladstone, Michigan. After Betty had a stroke on Easter Sunday 2008, she moved to Cedar Cove. Betty was a lifelong Presbyterian attending First Presbyterian Church of Flint, Community United Presbyterian of Drayton Plains, First Presbyterian Church of Escanaba, and Hessel Presbyterian Church via interactive TV to Cedar Cove. She also attended the First Union Church of Cedarville during her years at Cedar Cove. Betty loved her family, friends, and everyone she ever met. She was an avid picture taker. Most of her pictures were of people and events, not scenery or things. She wrote many long letters and cards to many people every year. Betty is survived by her children, Richard A. (Bonnie) Schlosser of Chesaning, Michigan, Lois S. Taylor of Columbus, Georgia, and James H. (Becky) Schlosser of Cedarville; grandchildren, Veronica J. Schlosser, Joshua M. Schlosser, Jeremy A. Schlosser, Jenny M. Gorski, Mark R. Taylor, Jonathan J. Schlosser, Chad J. Schlosser, Karissa S. Bouwma, Matthew D. Schlosser, Bethany A. Schlosser, and Leila L. Schlosser; and great grandchildren, Jordan L. Gorski, Katelyn J. Schlosser, Isabella G. Schlosser, Jacob A. Bouwma, Brayden J. Bouwma, Jackson L. Schlosser, and James T. Schlosser. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Richard, and sister, Barbara Jackson Maxim. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 23 at 12:00 Noon at Sunset Hills Mausoleum, G-4413 Flushing Road, in Flint, followed by burial in Sunset Hills Cemetery.

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Betty Jackson Schlosser

August 12, 1924 - March 14, 2016