Obituaries

Elizabeth “Betty” Huffman was born on February 23, 1945, to Elizabeth “Betty” Miller and Harold Gugin. She was first raised in the St. Ignace area and then later, in Hessel Michigan where she met and later married James Huffman in 1962. After marriage they built their home and raised their children.

Betty worked as a waitress at several different restaurants between Hessel and Cedarville, with the latest being Hessel Bay Inn. She also went to work for the Les Cheneaux Community School doing what she loved the most, feeding everyone, as a cook in the school cafeteria where she retired just shy of 18 years.

She was a Sault Tribe Elder and enjoyed volunteering to help their group in many ways, whether it was selling raffle tickets, running concessions at pow-wows or making/baking numerous things to sell at their bake sales.

In her spare time, she enjoyed going on trips with the elder group, attending concerts, going on long car rides with her husband, catching every Bingo game she could and playing in a cribbage league.

The thing Betty cherished the most in life was spending time with her family. From gathering all their young grandkids and taking them camping and then in later years turning into yearly shopping trips. Making sure to get together for every Holiday, birthday, and even for no reason at all, other to just be together enjoying each other’s company.

Betty is survived by her husband of 61 years, Jim Huffman; Her children, James (Valerie) Huffman and Lisa (Ray Elkins) Colegrove; Her grandchildren, Rachel (Brandon) Laforte, Jennifer Huffman, Danielle (Noah) Lindberg, Olivia Huffman, Tiffany (Raymond) Drake, Brandon Warner, Alyssa Gravelle, James Huffman, Elizabeth Colegrove, Loreena Huffman; Great grandchildren, Evan Lindberg, Evelynn Drake, Emery Drake, Emersyn Huffman, Kaylee Fisher, Hunter Heacock, with one more on the way; As well as her brother, George Gugin.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and siblings, Donna Lee, Maggie Currie, Sally Huffman, and Vernie Gugin.