Elaine McVicker, 56

Published 11:05 pm Wednesday, April 11, 2012

McVicker

Elaine McVicker, 56
Born: Dec. 14, 1955
Died: April 8, 2012

Elaine Sandra McVicker, 56, of Summit Drive, Watervliet, died at 3:10 p.m. Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012, at Watervliet Community Hospital unexpectedly but of natural causes.

She was born on Dec. 14, 1955, in Knox, Ind., to Dewey Otto and Pauline Veronica (Nauseda) McVicker.

She attended school in Leiter’s Ford, Ind., and has lived in Watervliet for many years.

Elaine attended the Apostolic Lighthouse Church in Dowagiac, and had formerly attended the Culver Bible Church in Culver, Ind.  She enjoyed the fellowship of playing table games, especially Yahtzee, and collecting and making jewelry.

Her greatest joy was her family, and holding the babies.

She was preceded in death by her father, Dewey McVicker, and by a brother, Russell McVicker.

Surviving family includes her mother, Pauline V. McVicker of Culver; Elaine’s sisters and brothers, Janet Miller of Culver, Andrew Tarquino of Nashport, Ohio, Nora Nugent of Indianapolis, Clifford (and Sandy) McVicker and Cindy (and Joe) Noah, both of Culver; stepbrothers and sister, Douglas Burns, James Burns and Carin Burns, all of Houston, Texas; and many nieces and nephews.

The funeral service for Elaine McVicker will be at 5 p.m. Friday, April 13, 2012, at the Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, Michigan with the Rev. Gerald Bushnell of the Apostolic Lighthouse officiating.  The family will receive relatives and friends at the funeral home beginning at 4 p.m. Friday.

Committal Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, April 20, 2012, at the graveside at Culver Masonic Cemetery, Culver, Ind., with Pastor Daniel Huhn of Culver Bible Church officiating.

Contributions in memory of Elaine may be made to LADD, Inc. (Living Alternatives for the Developmentally Disabled).