Arlene Abelove Ritter Sharkey Obituary

Name: Funeral service
Start: 2025-09-07T14:30:00
End: 2025-09-07T14:30:00
Location: Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel

We are sad to announce that on August 31, 2025 we had to say goodbye to Arlene Abelove Ritter Sharkey (Lansing, Michigan). You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Martin Abelove (Sylvia Kaplan Abelove) and Sylvia Abelove; her sister Gail; and her former husband Ken. She is survived by: her husband Joel; her daughter Elissa Ritter Vaughan (Matt Vaughan); her stepchildren, Elisa Sharkey (Marc Lao) and Jonah Sharkey (Kara Hensey Sharkey); and her grandchildren, Stella, Emma, Andrew, Henry, Isabel, Merin, Susanna, Frances and Bea.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Estes-Leadley Funeral Homes

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Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel
325 W Washtenaw St, Lansing, MI 48933

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