Hitts, Judy D.

Judy D. Hitts, age 61 of White Cloud, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at the Life Care Hospital in Muskegon following a long illness.  She was born on July 15, 1942 in Fremont to Harold and Madeline (Carey) Allers and later graduated from White Cloud High School .  She married James Hitts on December 23, 1960 in Texas and has been a lifelong resident of the White Cloud area where she was a homemaker.  She enjoyed bowling in her younger years, was active in TOPS, enjoyed camping, plastic canvas needle stitching, and bird collecting.

She is survived by her husband of 43 years, James of White Cloud; her daughters, Susan (John) Osterman of White Cloud; Linda (Darren) LaClair of White Cloud; Chari Williams and fiancé, George Soular of Birch Run, Michigan; her grandchildren, Benjamin, Jason, Staci, Traci, Matthew, Andrew, Madeline, Nicholas, Sarah, Aramis, Conner; her great grand daughter, Alyssa; her sisters, Donna Paulsen of White Cloud; Barbara (Martin) Thompson of White Cloud; her brother, Michael Allers of White Cloud; many nieces and nephews; several aunts and uncles.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Madeline Allers.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, December 27, 2003 from the Crandell Funeral Home – White Cloud Chapel with Funeral Celebrant Curt A. Crandell presiding with interment in the Big Prairie Everett Township Cemetery .  Friends may consider the National Kidney Foundation for memorial contributions.  Envelopes and arrangements by Crandell Funeral Home – White Cloud Chapel.  www.crandellfh.com