Our sympathy to Dave Pastor

Elaine L. Pastor

Elaine Louise Pastor, of Chelsea, Michigan, age 78, passed away at home on Tuesday, September 5, 2017. She was born on October 21, 1938, in Jackson, MI, the daughter of Irvin and Therah (Ross) Fitzpatrick. Elaine had lived in the area since 1959, coming from Jackson, and was a member of the Chelsea First United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school and was involved with the nursery and youth camp. She had worked at McDee for 36 years, retiring in 2007, and was also a volunteer at Chelsea Community Hospital.

On August 23, 1980, she married David John Pastor, and he survives. Also surviving are her children: Cindy (Mike) Horn of Chelsea, Sally Jackson of Chelsea, and Todd (Dawn) Miller of Clinton; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and her siblings, Marilyn Fitzpatrick of Massachusetts and Robert “Corky” (Peg) Fitzpatrick of Roscommon. She was preceded in death by her first husband, George Thomas Miller, and her son-in-law, Wendell Jackson.

A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 8, 2017, at the Staffan-Mitchell Funeral Home, Chelsea, with Rev. Joy Barrett officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery, Chelsea. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Expressions of sympathy may be made to St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea Hospital.