07/30/2025
Mary Ann Heard of Hillsdale, formerly of Chelsea, age 93, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at Country Living of Hillsdale. She was the daughter of Walter Heinrich and Mary (Kivett) Schrader. Mary Ann graduated from Chelsea High School in 1950. She was a homemaker, a devoted wife, and loving mother all her life. Mary Ann worked as a home health aide for a short time, and was also a 4H Leader in Chelsea. She found great joy in serving the Lord through Christian ministry. Mary Ann was active in her church, which included teaching Sunday school classes and hosting many Bible studies in her home. She and her husband, Charles, also helped plant a church in Vernon, Michigan. For the last 27 years, Mary Ann was a member of the Hillsdale First Baptist Church. Mary Ann married Charles Roy Heard on July 24, 1976, and he preceded her in death on October 21, 1994. She is survived by her children, John (Donna) Lantis of Graham, Washington, Joseph (Sandra) Lantis of Chelsea, James Lantis of Guntersville, Alabama, Jane (Charles) Moore of Somerset, and Jeffrey (Kelly) Lantis of Hillsdale; and son-in-law, Terry Salter of Chelsea. You can read Mary Ann's full obituary by clicking the link below. https://www.colefuneralchapel.com/index.php/obituaries/1586-mary-ann-heard
