1916
Roma
2014
Roma Hardin McCormick
June 22, 1916 — April 8, 2014
McCORMICK, Roma Hardin
of Kalamazoo, MI
formerly of Miami Twp, Dayton, OH Roma passed away on Tuesday morning, April 8, 2014 at Rose Arbor Hospice Residence in Kalamazoo. She was born on June 22, 1916 in Waynesville, OH, the daughter of Thomas and Rose Sharp Hardin. Roma graduated from Waynesville High School and Springfield Business College, both in Ohio, and retired from the U. S. Postal Service in Dayton after 36 years of service, where she was secretary to four postmasters and later was Foreman of Scheme Examinations. After retirement from the Postal Service, she volunteered at the Centerville, OH Police Dept. for several years. Roma lived in the Dayton area her entire live except for a few months during World War II when she lived in Paris, TX, where her husband was in the Army, and worked at the American Red Cross at Camp Maxey. In 2006, she moved to The Fountains in Kalamazoo to be near her son and his family. She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church in Kettering, OH, and sang in several choirs and choruses and loved music and the arts. She enjoyed working on crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Preceding her in death were her husband, James McCormick; parents; two brothers, Thomas Lansing Hardin and Ronald Hardin; and sisters, Virginia Hardin and Thelma Conrad. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Thomas L. McCormick and Mary McCormick of Kalamazoo; four grandchildren, Quinn and Cullen McCormick both of Kalamazoo, Benjamin Maria McCormick of San Francisco, CA, Melinda Dustin Sickinger of Champaign, IL; two great-grandchildren, Marin Sickinger and Miles McCormick; brother, Tressler Hardin of Leona City, TN; sister-in-law, Betty McCormick; and many cousins, nieces and nephews. Friends may visit with Roma's family from 2-4 PM on Sunday, April 13, at Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Westside Chapel, 3926 S. 9th Street. A memorial service at The Fountains will be announced at a later date. Private interment will be in Genesee Prairie Cemetery, Kalamazoo. Memorial contributions may be directed to Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan.
of Kalamazoo, MI
formerly of Miami Twp, Dayton, OH Roma passed away on Tuesday morning, April 8, 2014 at Rose Arbor Hospice Residence in Kalamazoo. She was born on June 22, 1916 in Waynesville, OH, the daughter of Thomas and Rose Sharp Hardin. Roma graduated from Waynesville High School and Springfield Business College, both in Ohio, and retired from the U. S. Postal Service in Dayton after 36 years of service, where she was secretary to four postmasters and later was Foreman of Scheme Examinations. After retirement from the Postal Service, she volunteered at the Centerville, OH Police Dept. for several years. Roma lived in the Dayton area her entire live except for a few months during World War II when she lived in Paris, TX, where her husband was in the Army, and worked at the American Red Cross at Camp Maxey. In 2006, she moved to The Fountains in Kalamazoo to be near her son and his family. She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church in Kettering, OH, and sang in several choirs and choruses and loved music and the arts. She enjoyed working on crossword and Sudoku puzzles. Preceding her in death were her husband, James McCormick; parents; two brothers, Thomas Lansing Hardin and Ronald Hardin; and sisters, Virginia Hardin and Thelma Conrad. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Thomas L. McCormick and Mary McCormick of Kalamazoo; four grandchildren, Quinn and Cullen McCormick both of Kalamazoo, Benjamin Maria McCormick of San Francisco, CA, Melinda Dustin Sickinger of Champaign, IL; two great-grandchildren, Marin Sickinger and Miles McCormick; brother, Tressler Hardin of Leona City, TN; sister-in-law, Betty McCormick; and many cousins, nieces and nephews. Friends may visit with Roma's family from 2-4 PM on Sunday, April 13, at Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Westside Chapel, 3926 S. 9th Street. A memorial service at The Fountains will be announced at a later date. Private interment will be in Genesee Prairie Cemetery, Kalamazoo. Memorial contributions may be directed to Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan.
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