Funeral for Kristin Warner, 48, will be at Martin High School gym

A funeral for Warner-Kristin-e1457813338232Kristin Warner, 48, will be held  at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 19, at the Martin High School gymnasium. Kristin died Friday, March 11, at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo after a courageous battle with scleroderma.

She was born Sept. 13, 1967, in Allegan, to Donald and Susan (Veley) Hutchinson. Kristin was a 1985 Bangor High School graduate and then began working and taking classes at Davenport University where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree. She most recently was employed by the Allegan Area Educational Services Agency in the human resources department.

Kristin enjoyed horses as a young girl, taking camping trips with her family and following the Detroit Tigers and MSU and IU basketball. She was an avid runner, having done many 5k runs and a half marathon. She had also founded and organized the Allegan AESA 5k run and was an athletics booster volunteer.

Kristin was a woman of strong faith and her family was the most important thing to her.

She married Jeff Warner on June 27, 1987 at Peace Lutheran Church in Otsego.

Surviving, besides her husband, are their children, Morgan and Collin Warner; mother, Susan (Loren) Pyle of Bloomingdale; father, Don (Sally) Hutchinson of Otsego; sister, Angie (Mike) Cronen also of Otsego along with many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and extended family members.

Friends may visit with Kristin’s family from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 18,  at the Winkel Funeral Home, Otsego.

Pastor Tony Shumaker will officiate at Saturday morning’s funeral. Burial will follow at Miner Cemetery in Watson Township.

Contributions in memory of Kristin may be made to the Martin Athletic Boosters.

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