Charles Millander

MILLANDER, Mr. Charles E. - Age 66, passed away Saturday, April 24, 2010 at Avalon Hospice. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 30, 2010 at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, G-5443 N. Saginaw St., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m., Pastor Alfred L. Harris, Sr., officiating. Interment Great Lakes National Cemetery, G-4200 Belford Rd., Holly, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30 a.m. Friday. Mr. Millander will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12Noon-8PM Thursday. Mr. Charles Edward Millander was born January 19, 1944 in Mobile, Alabama to Lucille and James Millander. In 1947 his family relocated to Flint where Charles attended the Flint Community Schools, graduating from Flint Central High School “Class of 1962”. Mr. Millander was employed with Buick Motor Division of General Motors Corporation, retiring in 1992 with over 30 years of service and was a member of UAW Local 599. In addition he served in the United States Marine Corps for 6 years and was Honorably Discharged. Mr. Millander was a loving, giving and compassionate person. During his lifetime he enjoyed traveling, playing tennis, swimming, bicycling and fishing. He accepted Christ as his personal savior at an early age and later united with the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in 2004. Mr. Charles Millander leaves to cherish his memory: loving wife, Lois; daughter, Carmine (Anthony) Eason of Oak Creek, WI; step-daughter, Shonda Harper of Grand Blanc, MI; step-son, Antwan Harper of Flushing, MI; 2 grandson, Joseph and Silas Eason of Oak Creek, WI; 4 sisters, Mary Hughes of Swartz Creek, MI, Clarissa Ridley of Flint, Alma Young of Mobile, AL and Eloris (Winston) Pryor of Burton, MI; 2 sisters-in-law, Velma Elridge of Mt. Morris, MI and Linda (Earl) Welche of Flint; 4 brothers-in-law, Jimmie (Estelle) Lever of Flushing, MI, LeRoy (Louise) Lever, Vinson (Margaret) Lever of Grand Blanc, MI and Maurice (Sandra) Lever of Flint; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends including special cousin, Loretta Donald and special friends, Henry Gaines and William Flippen. Mr. Millander was preceded in death by his mother Lucille Vaughn; father, James Millander; and brother, Felix Tate, Jr. The family would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to: Valerie Britt, Bernice Stewart, Mary Simpson, Kathleen Hatchett, Jacqueline Hatchett, Hurley Medical Center 5th and 7th floor nursing staff, Heartland Manor-Fostrian, the staff of Avalon Hospice, Dr. Aram Minasian, Rev. and Sis. Alfred L. Harris, Sr. and the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church family.

Charles Millander

January 19, 1944 - April 24, 2010