Edith Ferris of St. Ignace, 93, passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2010, at Mackinac Straits Hospital Long Term Care in St. Ignace.

She was born November 8, 1916, in Hessel, to Jasper and Lucy (nee Bourisaw) St. Louis.

She married Bob Holtham in 1938 in Bay City. Together they ran the Greyhound lunch counter in St. Ignace until they built their own restaurant, “Nan’s Grill.” Her pies were very popular with the A&P coffee group. She continued to run the grill after her husband passed away in January 1963.

She married Harvey Lake in 1967, and they resided in Bay City until his passing in 1987.

She married Bill Ferris in 1989, and they lived in St. Ignace. He passed away in 1998.

Mrs. Ferris was a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church.

She is survived by two sons and their families, David and Rita Holtham and Mike and Betty Holtham, all of Lansing; one daughter and her family, Nancy and Stan Jeczmionka of Bay City; 11 grandchildren, Bob, Chris, Matt, Damon, Lisa, Lance, and Luke Holtham, Laurie Costillo, Beverly Bookwalter, and Becky and Doug Jeczmionka; stepchildren, Tom and Beverly Holtham of Sanford, Mike and Jennie Lake and Judy Lake, all of Oklahoma, Shirley Kelly of Grand Rapids, Stan Ferris of Cummings, Georgia, Carol Hamor of Beverly, Massachusetts, and Roger Ferris of Rockford, and a sister, Barbara Powers, of St. Ignace.

She was preceded in death by seven brothers and five sisters.

There will be a funeral mass at St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church in April. Burial will be in Gros Cap Cemetery in the spring.

Dodson Funeral Home in St. Ignace is assisting the family with arrangements.