Janowiak Funeral Home

Betty E. Rood passed away peacefully on July 13, 2021 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Betty was born on November 24, 1924 in Gladwin, Michigan, and was the daughter of Ludwig (Louie) Strohkirch and Edith Amanda Markle. She was the second-youngest of seven children, and had three brothers (Louis, Charles, and William) and three sisters (Helen, Margaret, and Edna), all of which preceded her in death. She married Reverend Sidney S. Rood who preceded her in death. She is survived by three sons, four grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. A funeral service was held at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Ypsilanti on Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 11am. Interment will be with her husband at Hillsdale...

Eleanor Pauline Steele, 92, died peacefully 10/17/2019, at Gilbert Assisted Living in Ypsilanti, MI. The daughter of the late Lloyd and Ella Hook of Grand Rapids, she married her Central High School sweetheart, the late Harold O. Steele II, DDS. After graduating from the University of Michigan, she taught at Perry Elementary in Ann Arbor until starting a family. A Greenville, MI resident for over 55 years, she worked tirelessly to serve the community that she said gave so much to her and her family. A devoted wife for 57 years she served her husband's career and civic engagement. Eleanor was a loving mother of 4 children and 9 grandchildren, and made time for the United Methodist Church,...