Mourners who gathered in Fenton on Saturday to remember the life of Thelma Armstrong, 54, a victim of the September attack on a Mormon church in Grand Blanc Township, remembered her as a warm, loving person who had a deep devotion to her family and her faith.

Armstrong's friends and family, who knew her as "Yia Yia," said she lit up a room with her sunny personality, loved the colors pink and red and had a strong work ethic. She raised two children, Charne' Lichtenberg and Damon Du Bruyn, on her own and had three grandchildren.

Her son, Damon, said during the memorial service the "world has lost a little bit of joy and a little bit of fire" with his mother's passing.

"I think the thing that will stay with me forever is just my mom's kindness. And she never knew how to hold a grudge," he

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