A celebration of life service will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, June 6, at the Voyage Church, 6339 Atlantic Ave, Kalamazoo, for Martin High School graduate Amy Cole Misner, who died May 22 from injuries in a car accident in Colorado.
She was born Nov. 24, 1974, in Kalamazoo the daughter of Thomas and Jane (Haynes) Cole. Amy was a 1993 Martin High School graduate and had worked as a CNA in many area nursing homes. After raising her children, she moved to Colorado and was working toward her paramedic license. She was a wildland firefighter which she said was her greatest career accomplishment.
Amy had an adventurous spirit and a giving heart. She enjoyed traveling, wide open spaces and taking mission trips and helping the people on reservations. Amy was an animal lover and had taken in many dogs over the years.
She married Neil Misner, who survives, at Trinity Baptist Church in Kalamazoo on Dec. 23, 2005.
Also surviving are her children, Kate Elkins and Eric Misner; step-son, Killian; grandson, Grant Roberts; mother, Jane Cole; brothers, Troy (Tricia) Cole and Scott (Linda) Cole; grandmother, Sue Haynes; father-in-law, Jim Misner; mother-in-law, Terri Misner; best friend, Julie Bush-Gray; Jennifer Aker, Nathan Rackley and Ashley Strobel who were like children to Amy; along with several special aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father, Tom Cole, grandmother, Dorothy Nunnery and grandfathers, Ike Haynes and Willis Allen.
According to her wishes cremation has taken place. Contributions in memory of Amy may be made to Children’s Cancer Research.
