Jeanne V. (Lindemann) Girbach

Passed away Thursday, December 8, 2011, at the Saline Evangelical Home. She was born November 17, 1918, in Racine, WI, the daughter of Eugene and Hattie (Kettelle) Lindemann. Jeanne grew up on the Lindemann family farm in Dexter. After graduating from Dexter High School, she became a Registered Nurse, attending Mercy School of Nursing, Detroit, MI. She came to Saline to work at the Saline Hospital where she became reacquainted with a fellow Washtenaw County 4-Her, Ernest Girbach. They were married on August 31, 1940, in Dexter, MI. Together Ernest and Jeanne continued to farm, creating what is now Girbach Farms in Saline. She was a member of St. Paul United Church of Christ in Saline. She had been a member of the Pittsfield Twp. Grange, St. Joseph Mercy Saline Auxiliary, and Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 311. Jeanne, along with Ernest, were inducted into the Michigan Farmers’ Hall of Fame in 1989. Jeanne loved to read and to travel, visiting all 50 states and four continents. Survivors include two sons, Gene and Gary (Pamela Tighe) and one daughter, Mary Alice (William) Smith, all of Saline; five grandchildren, Nathan (Sarah Yuhasz), Sara, and Melissa Girbach, Kelsey and Alex Smith; one great-grandchild, Max Girbach; one step-granddaughter Krissy (Ivan) Parra, one step-grandson Terry Gracie; two step-great grandchildren, Lilly and Rose Parra; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Ernest and daughter Marlene Girbach. Memorial services will be held on Monday, December 12, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Paul U.C.C., Saline with Rev. Dr. Patricia Kenney, officiating. A private graveside service will be held at Oakwood Cemetery in Saline. Memorial donations may be made to St. Paul United Church of Christ or to Saline Evangelical Home and envelopes will be available at the Church where friends my begin calling on Monday, December 12, 2011 from 10:00 A.M. until the time of service at 11:00 A.M.. To sign Jeanne’s guestbook or to leave a memory, visit http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/annarbor/. For more information or directions please visit www.rbfhsaline.com. Arrangements entrusted to the Robison-Bahnmiller Funeral Home, Saline.