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BARBARA “BOBBI” JEAN SAGER

NOVEMBER 12, 1944 – FEBRUARY 15, 2021

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                Barbara “Bobbi” Jean Sager age 76 of Harrison passed away at her home on Monday, February 15, 2021. Barbara was born the daughter of Taddeus Czaplicki and Stella (Pierzchala) Czaplicki on November 12, 1944 in Trenton, Michigan. Bobbi graduated high school in 1962 from Robichaud High School, Dearborn Heights, Michigan. On February 1, 1964 in Dearborn, Michigan, Bobbi was united in marriage to her high school sweetheart, Mr. John Gary Sager.

                Mrs. Sager had resided in Harrison since 1979, moving from Southgate, Michigan. Bobbi and her husband owned and operated Lakeside Motel and Cottages of Harrison for over twenty-four years. Mrs. Sager enjoyed sewing, quilting, ceramics, baking, cooking, reading and traveling with her husband to many casinos throughout Michigan. Bobbi’s infectious laugh and smile will live on in the hearts and minds of all who were a part of Bobbi’s life.  Her grandchildren were the sparkle in her eyes, as she anxiously awaited their visits.

                Surviving Bobbi is her loving husband and best friend of fifty-seven years, Mr. John Gary Sager of Harrison, three children; Mashelle Sager of Harrison, Gary John Sager of Hudsonville, Michigan and Candace Johnson and husband Todd of Winterville, North Carolina, three grandchildren; Collin Fussman of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, John Gary Sager II of Hudsonville, and Alyssa Johnson of Winterville, one sister, Roseann Bolton of Michigan, one brother, Ted Czaplicki of Galivants Ferry, South Carolina, many loving nieces, nephews and extended family members. Bobbi was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Nancy Whitby, one sister in-law, Kathy Czaplicki and one brother in-law, Doug Bolton.

                Inurnment for Mrs. Sager will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Harrison. Memorial gifts in memory of Bobbi may be considered to: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis Tennessee, 38105. To share an online memory or condolence with Bobbie’s family, please visit: www.stockingfuneralhome.com. Arrangements and care of Mrs. Sager and her family are entrusted with Stocking Funeral Home, Harrison (989) 539-7810.