Alice Marie Sattelmaier

Alice Marie Sattelmaier, 84, of Marcellus, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2015, at Lakeland Medical Center in Niles.A Celebration of Life Service will be held at the Volinia Baptist Church on  Marcellus Highway with Garvel Owens officiating on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. with a brief visitation from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., prior to the service.  A gathering of family and friends will take place on Monday, January 26, 2015 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Clark Chapel and Cremation Services, 405 Center Street, Dowagiac, MI.  Alice will be laid to rest at South Wayne Cemetery. Alice was born September 19, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois to her  parents Henry and Nettie (Van Riper) Koopman. She was a 1947 graduate of Dowagiac Central High School. She married Alfred Reich in September of 1947 and had three children Alfred, Kurt and Nancy.  After the death of her husband in 1959, she moved to the Dowagiac area and met Melvin Sattelmaier. They married on February 8, 1963. She spent almost thirty years in the banking business starting as a teller at Dowagiac Savings and Loan and working her way up to manager as the bank changed to Standard Federal Bank. She retired from the banking business in the early 1990’s. She enjoyed crocheting and sewing, spending time with her grandchildren and singing in her church choir and playing the piano at church. The surviving family include her children, Kurt Reich of Dowagiac, MI, and Nancy (Lane) Preston of Eau Claire, MI; Ron (Susan) Sattelmaier of Payson, AZ, Sylvia (Dan) Kist of Wetmore, MI, Cliff (Dee Dee) Sattelmaier of Marcellus, MI, and Kandy (Ron) Dixon of Hartford, MI, a daughter-in-law Carol Reich of Skandia, MI; 14 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, Alfred Reich and Melvin Sattelmaier, a son Dr. Alfred Reich, and three brothers and two sisters.  Memorials may be made to: Rural Bible Ministries or South Wayne Bible Church.  Please take the opportunity to sign Alice’s guestbook and share a memory or your condolence at www.clarkch.com.