Obituary of Calvin L. Everitt

Everitt, Calvin L. Rose City, MI Calvin was born in Rose City on the family farm on June 12, 1937, where he also passed away on June 3, 2016. He was 78 years old. Calvin spent his entire life on the 160 acre farm, which was originally homesteaded by his parents over 100 years ago. Calvin took over the farm over 50 years ago, and began to build his heard of cows to create a dairy operation. The work was hard, the equipment was old, but with his extreme determination and ability to fix anything, he successfully maintained his dream of being a dairy farmer, and providing for his family. In later years, during the winter Cal had his own snowmobile business. He loved tinkering in his shop and taking a "buggy" ready for the scrap pile and making it new again. He had a real talent for fixing things, and people would come from all over the state to get something fixed. He made a lot of friends out in his shop, and he loved it. Also in later years, during the summer Cal was a beekeeper. He spent hours learning all about bees, building hives, and strategically placing them all around the countryside. In the fall, he would start to sell honey, where he again met a lot of people and would tell them all about the process. He was very proud of his honey, saying it was the best around. Calvin also loved his home town of Rose City. He loved to tell the stories of its history, all the old families in the community, what businesses there were, who built every building, and silly stories about his friends in and around town throughout his life. He would have never lived anyplace else. Anyone who knew Cal, knew he loved to talk and laugh, which was probably his greatest asset. There was never nothing to talk about, he always had something to share and it was always interesting. He was the only guy that would go to town for a loaf a bread and come back 3 hours later. We will all miss the old guy up on the hill that always had so much to say. Calvin leaves behind the love of his life, wife Jayne of 59 years; children, daughter Sally (Dan) Fransee of Rose City, sons Kevin (Candy) Everitt of Rose City, Pete (Brandi) Everitt of Rose City and Don Everitt of Boston; grandchildren, Dan (Amy) Fransee of West Branch, Tiffany (John) Klingler of Rose City, Beau (Rosa) Everitt of Waterford, Trisha (Jake) Lindquist of Ypsilanti, Wyatt Everitt of Rose City, Dakota & Dylan Harkey of Texas; great-grandchildren, Dylan & Layne Klingler of Rose City, Marlee Fransee of West Branch, Lucas & Aidan Everitt of Waterford. In addition, Sister Verleen Benjamin of Rose City, Pierre Cramer of Caro and many special nieces & nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents George & Margaret Everitt, brothers, Vernon, Clifford & Melvin Everitt and sister, Irene Reed. The family would like to thank all of those who helped along the way; his doctors, Hospice and all the wonderful people who stopped by to see how he was doing. You made his journey more tolerable, and we are extremely grateful for all the support you provided. A Memorial Service will be held at the Rose Township Hall in Lupton on Saturday, June 18, 2016 at 1pm. To sign online guestbook, visit www.cremationsocietymidmi.com Sympathy store items must be sent directly to the family home.