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Susan Oliver

Portland, Michigan

September 15, 1968 - February 27, 2014

Susan Oliver Obituary

Susan Elizabeth Oliver Westphalia, MI Susan Elizabeth Oliver passed away on February 27, 2014. She was born in Toledo, Ohio on 15 September 1968 to Joseph P. Lipinski and Sylvia S. Lipinski (Connelly). She graduated from Lansing Catholic Central in 1987. Subsequently, she graduated from Lansing Community College in the School of Nursing. She was married to Michael Mulder and resided in Lansing where she had a career as a nurse. She was employed by Sparrow Hospital and other nursing facilities. She was married to Donald D. Oliver with whom she had two children. Susan Oliver was a natural caregiver for whom nursing was more than a profession. She was passionate about helping people. If she saw someone in need, she would give them whatever she could spare, time, attention, even her last dollar. Susan loved people and made friends wherever she went. She moved back to Westphalia, where she grew up, to be close to her mother and step-father, and raise her children in a small Catholic community. She was preceded in death by her mother, Sylvia Sue Connelly. She is survived by her children, Avery Oliver and Chloe Oliver; ex-husbands Michael Mulder and Donald Oliver; her father Joseph P. Lipinski (Mary Alice); her step-father William S. Connelly; her three sisters, Lisa Lipinski (Christopher Klug); Angela Rand (Mitch), Antoinette Goodman (Brian Gross); five nieces and nephews Jacob, Alexander, and Benjamin Rand, Ella and Lucas Goodman. She will always be remembered by her numerous friends. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev. Mathias Thelen at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Westphalia. Rite of Committal will be in the spring at Victory Twp. Cemetery in Ludington. The family will receive friends 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., Monday at the St. Mary's Funeral Chapel, 210 N. Westphalia St., Westphalia. The rosary will be prayed at 8 p.m. On line condolences may be made at www.lehmanfuneralhomes.com. Arrangements are with Lehman Funeral Homes.

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