Arlene Kocsis-Rachor

KOCSIS-RACHOR, Arlene, -- Age 88, passed away on January 12, 2017 at Western Hills Living Memory Care in Flint. Funeral Mass will be celebrated 12 PM Saturday January 21 at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 2415 Bagley St., Flint. Fr. Tom Firestone Celebrant. Burial at Sunset Hills Cemetery, Flint. Visitation will be held 1-4 PM and 6-8 PM Friday January 20 at Sharp Funeral Homes, Miller Road Chapel, 8138 Miller Rd., Swartz Creek, where a scripture service will be held 7PM Friday at the funeral home. Visitation will also be held 11 AM until time of mass at the church on Saturday. Arlene was born in Flint, the daughter of John J. and Effie Martin. Her previous spouse Emery J. "Jim" Kocsis, her 5 siblings, her son Kenneth Atkin and nieces Barbra Sobey and Jan Dimock predeceased her. She is survived by her spouse Charles Rachor, daughters Linda (Dennis) Briggs, Mary Louise Credeur and son Emery L. "Jim" (Cindy)Kocsis and her grandchildren Meghan (Michael)Kinnish, Beau and Wyatt Credeur and Natalie and Ben Kocsis and numerous nieces and nephews. Arlene was a busy, family-oriented, homemaker and a beautician. She and her family enjoyed a large piece of land where they raised apple trees and an acre-size garden every year as well as kept chicken and geese. She attended cosmetology school in downtown Flint and worked as a hairdresser at some of Flint's leading salons. Later in life she did hair at her sister Julia's home salon and attended Mott Community College. Cooking homemade meals and family time were most important to Arlene and the family spent holidays celebrating with Arlene's sisters and other relatives. In her later years she and Charlie enjoyed the ballroom dancing parties put on at various area senior centers by Jim Hedrich. Arlene's gentle disposition, love of family, and caring ways will be greatly missed. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Arlene Kocsis-Rachor Scholarship Fund of the Foundation of Mott Community College Foundation, 1401 E Court St, Flint MI 48503-2089 or the charity of your choice. We wish to thank the caretakers at her personal home -Claudia, Mary and Diana and the entire onsite staff from Western Hills Living Memory Care and Heartland Hospice Care for their care and devotion. Tributes may be shared on the obituaries pages of www.sharpfuneralhomes.com.