Joan Marie Bingel
of Chelsea, Michigan, age 94, died Thursday, February 29, 2024, at the Chelsea Retirement Community. She was born April 19, 1929, in Grass Lake, Michigan, the daughter of Aura C. and Edna (Eschelbach) Munro. From an early age, Joan and her sister were raised by Walt and Edna Schaible.
Joan grew up on her grandparents’ farm in Grass Lake, graduating from Grass Lake High School in 1947. She was involved in several school activities and sports and loved growing up on the farm and riding horses. Joan had a Morgan named Big Red and rode in the local parades. Joan graduated from Detroit Mercy Nursing School in 1950 and worked as a Registered Nurse at Livonia St. Mary’s. Joan married Dwight in May of 1951 and they were together for 54 years until his death. Joan and Dwight lived in Waterford, Livonia, Wayne and ultimately Ann Arbor where they raised their four sons. After starting a family, Joan became a loving stay-at-home mother and was heavily involved in the children’s activities and sports. Raising four boys, she learned to love sports and even later in life you would often find her at her son’s and grandchildren’s sports activities. In her spare time, Joan was a caregiver for several sick and elderly people in need.