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of Chelsea, Michigan, formerly of Moran, MI, age 85, died Sunday, October 4, 2015 at her home. She was born April 14, 1930 in Monroe, MI, the daughter of Kenneth R. & Harriet J. (Stofer) Piatt.
   Minnie graduated from Chelsea High School in 1948.  She worked in the test kitchen at Chelsea Milling Company for many years, retiring in the early 1980s.  Minnie attended the First United Methodist Church in Chelsea.  After her retirement, she moved to Moran, MI, then came back to Chelsea in 2013.   She was an avid reader.

    On Oct. 16, 1948, she married Glenn Erskine in Toledo, and he survives. Other survivors include two sons, Ronald (Deborah) Erskine of Chelsea, Donald (Debb) Erskine of Manchester; a daughter, Bonnee Brown of Colorado Springs, CO; 11 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; 1 brother Jerry (Pat) Piatt of Chelsea; 1 sister, Phyllis Stepp of Brighton; and many nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by 3 sisters, Shirley Johnson, Betty Wahl, Mary Lou Brown, and a brother, Kenneth Piatt.

   No memorial services are planned.  Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Chelsea or the American Cancer Society.  Arrangements by Cole Funeral Chapel, Chelsea.

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