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Source URL: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/lsj/name/harmon-cropsey-obituary?id=24338986
Source: Legacy.com, obituary published by Lansing State Journal, Mar. 16, 2009
Captured: 2026-10-25
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Harmon G. Cropsey DeWitt Former State Senator Harmon G. Cropsey, age 91, of DeWitt, MI, formerly of Decatur, MI, passed away Friday evening at his residence. Harmon was born August 16, 1917, in Volinia Township, Cass County, the son of Elvaro and Marie (Coble) Cropsey. On July 29, 1943, at his parents home, he married R. Marian Lindsay who survives. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy as a navigator of B-24s over the English Channel and other waterways. Following the war, he was engaged in farming and lobbied for Friends of Michigan Schools. Harmon served for ten years in the Michigan State Senate. Surviving besides his wife, Marian, are his six children, Dr. Robert (Shirley) Cropsey, Dr. David (Nancy) Cropsey, Senator Alan (Erika) Cropsey, Carolyn (David) Toomey, George (Mandy) Cropsey and Linda Jo (Jerome) Eddy; 19 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; one brother, Dr. Mac Cropsey; and nieces, nephews and cousins. One son, Christopher Cropsey, one sister, Bethel LeMarbe, and one brother, Dale Cropsey, preceded him in death. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 in the Volinia Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Crane Cemetery. The family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Monday in the Mater Funeral Home, Marcellus. Memorials may be directed to the Wendell Kempton Medical and Ministry Center in care of the Volinia Baptist Church.

Published by Lansing State Journal on Mar. 16, 2009.