Kathleen "Kate" Rose (Nemecek) Bingham

   Kathleen “Kate” Rose Bingham, 85, of East Jordan, passed away on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at Grandvue Medical Care Facility, East Jordan.

  She was born on September 11, 1939, in East Jordan, the daughter of Edward and Rose (Burbank) Nemecek.

  Kate married Gerald Lee “Jerry” Bingham on September 28, 1957, in Elmira and they raised five children.  Although she was a full time home maker, she assisted Jerry in many ways in the family well drilling business, Bingham Well Drilling.  

  She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and the East Jordan American Legion Post Axillary.  She enjoyed the casino, traveling, boating, fishing, snowmobiling, and hunting.  She loved her family.

  Kate is survived by five children, Tim (Laurie) Bingham, Cindy (Keith Peebles) Bingham, Brett (Brenda) Bingham, Jane (Randy) Danforth, Jerry Bingham, II; eleven grandchildren; many great grandchildren; one great great grandson; two sisters, Ruth Vallance and Josphine Morris; as well as several nieces and nephews.

  She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald Lee “Jerry” Bingham; three grandchildren, Jeremy Bingham, Nicholas Bingham and Emma Hunt; two brothers, Ray F. Nemecek and Jerry E. Nemecek; and one sister, Esther Paliwoda.

  A funeral mass will be held on Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in East Jordan. 

  The family will receive friends on Saturday at 9:00 A.M. at the church with a rosary service at 10:00 A.M.

  The family was served by the Penzien Funeral Homes, Inc. in East Jordan.  Memorials may be directed to St. Joseph Catholic Church, 207 Nichols Street, East Jordan MI 49727 or Grandvue Medical Care Facility, 1728 S. Peninsula Road, East Jordan, MI 39717.

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