Melody L Armsteardt

September 23, 1952 - September 10, 2018

Melody L. Armsteardt, 65, of Benton Township died Monday, September 10, 2018 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph. Services celebrating her life will be held at 1 PM on Friday, Sept 14, at the Fairplain Chapel of Florin Funeral Service in Benton Township. The family will receive friends and relatives beginning at Noon of Friday at the Fairplain Chapel. Memorials in her honor may be made to the family. Melody was born on Sept 23, 1952 in Benton Harbor to Myron and Maradell Schaffer. She married her husband, Ed Armsteardt, in 1993 and together they have celebrated 25 years of marriage. She was employed at Gordon’s Food Service for 7 years and before that at various jobs in the Orchards Mall. Melody enjoyed crocheting. She also enjoyed woodworking and loved to build things. Melody was a hard worker and a fighter having survived 2 bouts with cancer before this last bout. Most importantly she loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them. Her family includes her husband, Ed; her son, Clarence (Donna) Crumley of Benton Harbor; her sisters, Darlene (Richard) Myers of Dandridge, TN and Brenda (Francis) Johnson of Bangor; her brothers, Myron Schaffer, Jr. of Benton Harbor and Gary (Lisa) Schaffer of Coloma; her 4 grandchildren and her 2 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Tracy Knight, in 2007 and her parents.