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							Funeral home:
							Pruitt Livingston Funeral Home, 225 W. Upton Avenue, 
							Reed City MI 
							Obituary  
							 
							Roger Allen Sampson, 71 passed away 
							on June 3, 2020 at his home in Reed City from 
							pancreatic cancer. 
							Mr. Sampson was born April 10, 1949 
							in Toledo, Ohio to Mina Boyer and Warren Sampson. He 
							was a graduate of Lincoln High School, Lincoln, 
							Illinois, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois and 
							the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. 
							 
							He was an accomplished band director 
							for District 118 schools, Danville, Illinois which 
							included a performance at Carnegie Hall, New York, 
							in 1989. He also served as band director for DeLand-Weldon 
							and Paxton, Illinois schools and for Mount Pleasant 
							Schools, Mount Pleasant, MI. 
							 
							More recently he was the owner of 
							Chestnut Street Antiques in Reed City, MI.  
							 
							He is survived by his daughter, Rachel Sampson of 
							Boston, MA and his partner, Joan Johnson of Reed 
							City. Other survivors include seven siblings: Jackie 
							Welshans, Judy Hambleton, Joy (Dan) Fulk, Ron 
							(Karen) Sampson and Julie Barger, all of Lincoln, 
							Illinois; Rob (Laura) Sampson, Pawnee, IL; and Jean 
							(Wayne) Mileham, Woodhull, IL, He was preceded in 
							death by his parents. 
							 
							Cremation has taken place. Memorial contributions 
							may be made to Hospice of Michigan or a charity of 
							your choice. 
							 
  
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