Mildred Helen Burnstrum, known as Millie by friends and family, passed away peacefully on October 5th, 2019 at Horizon’s Senior Living Center in Standish, Michigan. She was born November 3rd, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan to Hjalmer Rudolph & Helen Beatrice (née Dunchock) Burnstrum.
Millie grew up in southern Michigan and spent many days helping out at the Wixom bar that was owned by her father for a time. She married William Robert Andrew Goodell on June 5th, 1948 and lived in Michigan for many years before moving to Texas in the early 1980’s after her divorce. She moved back to Michigan during the later years in her life after experiencing some health complications.
She is preceded in death by her daughter, Pamela Ann Pazuki (1954-2011) and only brother, Kenneth Burnstrum (1927-2006). She is survived by her daughters, Linda (Bob) Seibert and Joanne Kendall, grandchildren Robert (Amy) Seibert II, Brent Siebert, Tracy Alexander, Dionis Mikols, Amy (Rod) Neubecker, James Rose, Reza Michael Pazuki, and Kameron Charles “KC” Pazuki, along with numerous great-grandchildren.
Mildred will be buried near her parents in the Oakland Hills Cemetery in Novi, Michigan on October 10th, 2019.