Obituary of Earline Loucks
Age 86, of Flint, formerly of Mt. Morris, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2024, at Symphony of Linden with her family by her side. A funeral service will take place at 11:00am, Friday, April 5, 2024, at Martin Funeral, Cremation & Tribute Services. Pastor Stuart Cummings to officiate, with burial to follow at Evergreen Cemetery. Earline’s family will be present to receive friends from 5:00pm until 8:00pm on Thursday, and again from 10:00am to 11:00am, on Friday. Memorial contributions may be considered to North End Baptist Church. Expressions of sympathy may be placed on Earline’s tribute wall at martinfuneralhome.com.
Earline was born in Paragould, Arkansas, on November 13, 1937, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl and Monnie (Akins) Chunn. Educated locally, Earline graduated from Beecher High School with the Class of 1955 and went on to obtain college courses through Mott Community College. Earline was married to her first husband, Robert Leroy Cross, for 10 years, until his passing on Sept 15, 1967. Being left to raise her four children, God sent her a husband, Ernest Loucks. Together, they raised their nine children. In her younger years, Earline was saved and accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior at a Billy Graham revival at the high school in Paragould, Arkansas, and was Baptized in a local pond. Earline was a longtime member of North End Baptist Church. After she raised her children, she began working outside of the home. Her work included Michigan Bell Telephone Company and several retail positions, but her favorite job was working at the library. She was an avid reader and loved books, so the library was her home away from home. Earline was a member of the Red Hat Society. Traveling to Texas to visit her family, and camping at her cabin in Gladwin were just some of the hobbies she enjoyed. Among the other hobbies she enjoyed, Earline loved to sew, complete crossword puzzles, and go clothes shopping. She was a wonderful, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend and will be greatly missed.
Left to cherish Earline's memory are her children: Leland and wife, Anna Cross, Penelope and husband, Carl Marsa, Tamara and husband, Tommy Williams, Sharon Brown, Dawn and husband, George Rathfon, Debra and husband, Rob Larsen; 19 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; brother, Ed Chunn; daughter-in-law, Elaine Loucks; several nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.
Earline was preceded in death by her beloved husbands: Robert Cross and Ernest Loucks; her parents; sons: Robert E. Cross, Robert D. Loucks, and Ernie Loucks, Jr,; two brothers and two sisters.