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of Chelsea, Roger died on Sunday, May 22, 2016 with his family at his side, the day after celebrating his 90th birthday. He was born May 21, 1926 in Slaterville Springs, NY, the son of Leslie Ivan & (Lora) Pauline (Winchell) Crispell. Ann, his wife of 67 years, survives him with two sons, Kray and his son Sean, Gar and his children Madeline and Benjamin; two daughters, Janice and her husband Paul Olejniczak, their sons, Bryce, Kyrt, and Drake, Tracie and her husband Bill Christie, their daughters Ellen and Katie. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Kenneth Crispell MD and Leslie Crispell Jr; and a sister Jean Ballard. Roger served in the US Army Air Corp during WWII. Following a design education at Pratt Institute and five years in Ithaca, NY with his own design business, he spent 40 years with the General Motors Design Center and retired as an Executive Designer in charge of the Industrial Design Studios. He was an accomplished artist, and remained active in retirement.
Age 86, died on Sunday May 15, 2016 at the Chelsea Retirement Community in Chelsea, MI. Nancy was born on December 19, 1929 in South Bend, IN to Dorothy and Cecil Bloom. She graduated from Central High School in South Bend and attended Indiana University. For many years Nancy worked as a pantograph operator for South Bend Metal Products. She retired to Venice, FL with her husband Jim in 1986.In addition to her daughters Jill Skoving of South Bend, IN, and Beth (Matt) Seeger of Dexter, MI, Nancy is survived by her grandchildren Nick (Delia) Robertson, Danny Robertson, Maggie (John) Swift, Henry Seeger, and her great granddaughter Seneca Swift. Her brother-in-law Ken (Claudia) T'Kindt, nephews, Casey T'Kindt, Ryan (Beth) T'Kindt, and niece Kelly (Dario) Primo also survive. She was predeceased by her husband, James, her son, Scott Skoving, her parents, Dorothy and Cecil Bloom and her sister, Karen T'Kindt.