Eva M. Wright
Eva May Wright, age 94, of Leslie MI passed into the arms of her Heavenly Father Saturday night October 26, 2013. She was the daughter of Norman and Laura Ross of Jackson MI. Eva graduated from Jackson High School, and worked at Gilberts Restaurant and Bakery in the 1930s. She met and married Curtis B. Wright of Leslie in 1941, and moved to the Wright farm where she began the rest of her years as a devoted wife, dance partner, cook, beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She was employed by Dancer’s Fashion’s in Mason for 30 years. She was a Charter member of the Mason Chapter of Sweet Adelines and a member of Rives Baptist Church where she served in the music ministry and as a deaconess. She was a pianist and loved music. Most of all she loved her family.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father, her husband Curtis in 1977, her brothers Lloyd Ross, Allen Ross, Gerald Ross, Donald Ross, and sister Elener Napier. Surviving are her five children, June (Jim) Dowsett, Jeanette (David) Hickox, Joan (Rod) Nelson, Dennis (Kathryn) Wright, and Julie (Paul) Moniodis; 12 grandchildren, Jana (Bob) Graves, Amy (Dan) Rittenhouse, Jenny (Scott) Blok, Crista (Rob) Andrews, Pete Wilcenski, Sara Nelson, Betsy (Brent) Waldofsky, Marci (Brandon) Cyphers, Anna Moniodis, Curtis (Alicia) Wright, Nicholas Moniodis, Christina Moniodis; 10 great-grandchildren, Jared McCoy, Trey Waldofsky, Charlotte Graves, Carter McCoy, Allyson McCoy, Madeline Andrews, Meredith Andrews, Gabrielle Waldofsky, Mitchell Andrews and Lincoln Cyphers; two sisters, Evelyn (Jack) Elder of Las Vegas, NV; and Ellen Siebert of Huntington Beach, California and her many dear friends. Funeral services celebrating Eva’s life will be held at the Rives Baptist Church, 2800 West Berry Road, Rives Junction, on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 11:00 AM with Pastor Dyke Cyphers officiating. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery, Leslie. The family will receive friends at the JC Adams Funeral Homes, Leslie Chapel, on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 PM and at the church on Wednesday from 10 to 11 am. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Crossroads Church of Lansing (for support of her grandson, Curt Wright). “His eye is on the Sparrow, and I know he watches me.”
