Roy J. Fleming | Obituaries

LAKE CITY — Roy J. Fleming, age 71, of Lake Metropolis handed away Sunday, April 12, 2020 at his dwelling.

Roy was born November 6, 1948 in Pontiac to Walter and Thelma (Brady) Fleming. He married Nancy Schade on July 29, 2018. Roy graduated from Waterford Kettering Excessive College in Waterford in 1966 and likewise from Lawrence Institute of Know-how in Detroit.

He was employed for 24 years, as an engineer with Customers Energy in Pontiac earlier than retiring. He was a member of the Flannel Shirt Gang of the St. Andrews Church in Waterford and the Crank Benders Automobile Membership in Lake Metropolis.

Roy was identified at age 12 with Sort 1 juvenile diabetes. He spent the subsequent 59 years battling this devastating illness, together with diabetic retinopathy, and renal failure all problems of diabetes. In 1994, he obtained a donor kidney from his sister Jean. That particular present of life functioned efficiently for the subsequent 26 years. Just lately, the kidney failed and he misplaced this lengthy battle.

Roy is survived by his spouse Nancy and three sons: Ronald (Renae) Fox of Lapeer, Invoice (Sherry) Kammerer of Oxford and Larry (Melissa) Kammerer of Attica, 11 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. He’s additionally survived by a brother: Mark (Becky) Fleming of Meadville, PA and two sisters: Gail Fleming of Waterford and Jean (Mark) Beaudoin of Trout Lake and nieces and nephews Amy, Mark, Erin, Megan, Jade and Joshua.

Roy was preceded in dying by his dad and mom and a niece Bridget Fleming.

He will probably be remembered for his kindness, his gentleness, his chuckle, humorousness and love of vehicles and music from the ’50s and ’60s. Roy had a lifelong ardour for vehicles, particularly his 1990 Purple Prowler. He spent a few years serving to together with his brother-in-law’s race crew in Kinross.

He will probably be sadly missed by anybody who was lucky to have identified him.

A Celebration of Life will probably be held at a later date.

Memorial contributions could also be directed to the Nationwide Kidney Basis or the Missaukee County Humane Society

The household is being served by the Younger-Holdship Funeral House in Lake Metropolis. Condolences and recollections could also be shared on-line at www.Young-Holdship.com.