She was a 1958 graduate of East Detroit High School. She relocated to Arkansas with her then husband, John S. Menshek, and children in 1983. She was a descendant of the Turner Bend Turners. She was an employee of Choctaw Casino in Pocola, Oklahoma for the last 15 years where she worked as a cashier.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by a sister, Loa Jean VinDick of San Antonio, Texas.
There will be a private funeral mass at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Interment will be at Highland Cemetery in Ozark. Arrangements are under the direction of Fentress Mortuary in Fort Smith.
She is survived by a daughter, Janet Gabrey and her husband Steven, of Van Buren; a son, John W. Menshek and his wife Kathy, of Columbus, GA; three brothers, William E. Turner, Jr. of St. Clair Shores, MI, Jimmy R. Turner and his wife Grace of Ray, MI and J. Michael Deady of Clearwater, Florida; and a sister, Mary Jo Eckenrode of Clinton Township, MI. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Joshua R. Delargy, Sarah E. Watson, John Paul A. Menshek, Stephen M. Menshek and Mackenzie L. Menshek; six great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and many cousins.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312 or online at http://www.diabetes.org/