1947
Terry
2016
Terry Lee Lason
December 10, 1947 — February 15, 2016
LASON, Terry Lee
Kalamazoo
Terry Lee Lason, age 68, died in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday February 15, 2016. Born December 10, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, to Louis and Shirley Lason, he attended Morgan Park High School in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Western Michigan University. In 1973, he married Karen (Kocharoff) Lason. He worked in Kalamazoo Public Schools for ten years and at the Kalamazoo Public Library for twenty seven years until retiring in 2006. Terry was a member of Temple B'nai Israel, and the American Coaster Enthusiasts. He served a term as President of New Year's Fest and was a member of their board, was a member of the board for Whole Arts Theatre, and was a volunteer for the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival - Gilmore Education Programs. Terry will be especially remembered for creating and implementing the Global Reading Challenge, collaboration between the Kalamazoo Public Schools and the Kalamazoo Library - and later, the Seattle Public Schools and Seattle Public Library. Family includes loving wife Karen (Kocharoff) Lason of Kalamazoo; children Barbara (James) Hayes, Barry (Amy) Lason; sister Lynn (Elliot) Miller; grandchildren Nathen, Mackenzie, Zachary, Wesley, Max, and Sophie; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be held on Thursday February 18, 2016 at 10:30 in the morning at Temple B'nai Israel, 4409 Grand Prairie Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006; officiated by Rabbi Matthew Zerwekh. Burial will be at Mountain Home Cemetery in Kalamazoo. Arrangements by Langeland Family Funeral Homes. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Temple B'nai Israel or the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival - Gilmore Education Programs.
**MEMORIALS**
In lieu of flowers:
Temple B'Nai Israel
4409 Grand Prairie
Kalamazoo, MI 49006
269-342-9170
www.templebnaiisrael.com
Gilmore Keyboard Festival for Gilmore Education Programs
359 S. Kalamazoo Mall Suite 101
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
269-342-1166
www.thegilmore.org
4409 Grand Prairie
Kalamazoo, MI, US, 49006
Kalamazoo
Terry Lee Lason, age 68, died in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday February 15, 2016. Born December 10, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, to Louis and Shirley Lason, he attended Morgan Park High School in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Western Michigan University. In 1973, he married Karen (Kocharoff) Lason. He worked in Kalamazoo Public Schools for ten years and at the Kalamazoo Public Library for twenty seven years until retiring in 2006. Terry was a member of Temple B'nai Israel, and the American Coaster Enthusiasts. He served a term as President of New Year's Fest and was a member of their board, was a member of the board for Whole Arts Theatre, and was a volunteer for the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival - Gilmore Education Programs. Terry will be especially remembered for creating and implementing the Global Reading Challenge, collaboration between the Kalamazoo Public Schools and the Kalamazoo Library - and later, the Seattle Public Schools and Seattle Public Library. Family includes loving wife Karen (Kocharoff) Lason of Kalamazoo; children Barbara (James) Hayes, Barry (Amy) Lason; sister Lynn (Elliot) Miller; grandchildren Nathen, Mackenzie, Zachary, Wesley, Max, and Sophie; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be held on Thursday February 18, 2016 at 10:30 in the morning at Temple B'nai Israel, 4409 Grand Prairie Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006; officiated by Rabbi Matthew Zerwekh. Burial will be at Mountain Home Cemetery in Kalamazoo. Arrangements by Langeland Family Funeral Homes. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Temple B'nai Israel or the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival - Gilmore Education Programs.
**MEMORIALS**
In lieu of flowers:
Temple B'Nai Israel
4409 Grand Prairie
Kalamazoo, MI 49006
269-342-9170
www.templebnaiisrael.com
Gilmore Keyboard Festival for Gilmore Education Programs
359 S. Kalamazoo Mall Suite 101
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
269-342-1166
www.thegilmore.org
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FEB 18. 10:30 AM
Temple B'Nai Israel4409 Grand Prairie
Kalamazoo, MI, US, 49006
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