Gilbert Lee Bailey

Friends may pay their respects beginning at 10:00 AM prior to the service at the church. Gilbert Lee "Buzz" Bailey Buzz Bailey was born July 5, 1931 in Battle Creek, Michigan, the son of Marlyn Robert Bailey and Frances Roberta Inwood Bailey. He died May 31, 2008 in Olympia Washington. Services will be held Friday, June 6 at 11;00a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 3800 Henderson Blvd., Olympia. A graveside service will be held Tuesday, June 10, at Riverside Cemetery, Hastings, Michigan. Raised in Michigan, Buzz, calling himself a “corporate gypsy,” later lived in, Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, and two years in England. As a manufacturing management consultant, his work often took him abroad. He worked for Eaton Manufacturing, Cutler-Hammer Products, Afco New Idea Farm Equipment, and Teleflex. Buzz graduated from Lakeview High School in 1949, and Michigan State University in 1956, earning a Bachelor of Science degree. He served in the Air Force from 1950-1953. He married first, Alexandra Thomas in 1954, and second Constance Hankins in 1991. Favorite interests included genealogy and family history, playing the organ, working on computers, and with his wife, traveling and lecturing on cruise ships. Working in the Family History Center, he helped many patrons trace their ancestry. Surviving are his wife, Connie, sons Thomas, Phoenixville, PA and Philip, Lansing, MI, one brother, Robert, Monroe, MI, and sisters Beverly Vallilee, Battle Creek, MI, Barbara Tousey, Sebring, FL, and Frances Frey, South Bend, IN, five grandchildren, five stepchildren, and 13 step grandchildren. You may leave memories and condolences online by clicking on"View Guestbook" link below: