She was born in Flint on Feb. 20, 1924, the daughter of Marion Lyle (Cameron) and Paul Louis Schantz.
Isabelle graduated from Charlevoix High School in 1942. She was employed as a proof reader in the banking industry and later was employed by The State Of Michigan Unemployment Securities Commission, retiring in 1980.
A resident of Traverse City since 1967, Isabelle had previously been a resident of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She was a member of the Long Lake Senior Citizens, the Senior Center in Gulf Shores, Ala., and loved to travel the world.
Isabelle enjoyed reading and especially enjoyed crocheting, crafting comforters for her great-grandchildren.
Survivors include her daughters, Sherry (William) Flachsmann and Mildred (James) Bender, all of Traverse City and Muriel (William) Walter of Chicago, Ill.; grandchildren, Cydney Shepard and her husband, Richard Fritz, Alexis (Jeremy) Bannen, Kimberley (Jay) Valloric, Brian Flachsmann, Nathan (Daniela) Moravec and Sven Moravec; her great-grandchildren, Alexander, Austin, Ashlynn and Alyssa Valloric, Olivia Grajewski, Emma Shepard, Raymond Fritz, Jazper Fritz, Kristian Moravec, Nathan Moravec Jr. and Anna Moravec. Also surviving are two sisters, Lois Steffens-Nelson of Traverse City and Audrey Crain of Ohio; one brother, Jack Schantz of Mississippi; and many nieces and nephews.
Isabelle was preceded in death by her parents and one sister.
She was born in Flint on Feb. 20, 1924, the daughter of Marion Lyle (Cameron) and Paul Louis Schantz.
Isabelle graduated from Charlevoix High School in 1942. She was employed as a proof reader in the banking industry and later was employed by The State Of Michigan Unemployment Securities Commission, retiring in 1980.
A resident of Traverse City since 1967, Isabelle had previously been a resident of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She was a member of the Long Lake Senior Citizens, the Senior Center in Gulf Shores, Ala., and loved to travel the world.
Isabelle enjoyed reading and especially enjoyed crocheting, crafting comforters for her great-grandchildren.
Survivors include her daughters, Sherry (William) Flachsmann and Mildred (James) Bender, all of Traverse City and Muriel (William) Walter of Chicago, Ill.; grandchildren, Cydney Shepard and her husband, Richard Fritz, Alexis (Jeremy) Bannen, Kimberley (Jay) Valloric, Brian Flachsmann, Nathan (Daniela) Moravec and Sven Moravec; her great-grandchildren, Alexander, Austin, Ashlynn and Alyssa Valloric, Olivia Grajewski, Emma Shepard, Raymond Fritz, Jazper Fritz, Kristian Moravec, Nathan Moravec Jr. and Anna Moravec. Also surviving are two sisters, Lois Steffens-Nelson of Traverse City and Audrey Crain of Ohio; one brother, Jack Schantz of Mississippi; and many nieces and nephews.
Isabelle was preceded in death by her parents and one sister.
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