Yvonne Stanwick

TRAVERSE CITY — Yvonne Levall Stanwick, 85, of Traverse City, went home to the Lord on July 11, 2010. She was born Virginia Yvonne Levall, in Summit City, on April 14, 1925, to Joseph and Wynetta (Muth) Levall. She lived most of her life in Traverse City, where she married her high school sweetheart, Maurice (Stan) Stanwick, and made a home for her family.Yvonne loved cooking for her family and maintained an extensive collection of recipes and cookbooks. The holidays were her favorite times to have her family together for a good home-cooked meal, especially Christmas, when she went all-out decorating and cooking for the enjoyment of her family, friends and neighbors. No one was ever left out at Christmas. She spent hours decorating and cooking, singing Christmas carols the whole time. Yvonne had a passion for antiques, house plants, flowers around the yard and stray cats.She was a loving and supportive wife and mother, always encouraging, always willing to place her friends' needs before hers. Yvonne was a friend and confidant to many, always offering a sympathetic ear and a cup of coffee. An original multi-tasker, she loved retail, spending 19 years at Montgomery Ward. Yvonne carried her love for Christmas there also, winning many awards for her Christmas window displays.She was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice; her father, Joe Levall; her mother, Wynetta Loomer; her stepmother, Fern (Baker) Levall; her stepfather, Glenn Loomer; and her brother, Bill Levall.She is survived by her sons, Greg, of Traverse City, and Roger, of Frankfort; her sisters, Pat (Loomer) Dunning, of Hillsboro, Ore., Jody (Levall) Clemants, of St. Marys, Ga., and Susan (Levall) Sackett, of Grand Ledge; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.A graveside memorial service will be held at Oakwood Cemetery on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, at 2 p.m. A reception will follow at the home of Greg Stanwick, 4415 Wyatt Road, Traverse City, at 3:30 p.m.Please share thought's with the family at Yvonne's online guestbook at www.reynolds-jonkhoff.com. The family is being served by Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.