Mrs. Arstella “Dilsy” Calhoun Michael, 94, of Toledo Ohio, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family on Saturday, February 25, 2023. Arstella was born to Clarence Ham and Mary Susana Cummings Ham on December 28, 1928, in Effingham, South Carolina.
Arstella was preceded in death by her father, Clarence Ham; mother, Mary Susana Cummings; husbands Orrin Calhoun (d. 1975) and Dan Michael (d. 2012); daughters Marsha White and Sheila Calhoun; son Lamont Calhoun; half-sister Rhonda Corbin; and stepbrother Samuel Reeves.
She leaves to cherish her memory, sons Orrin (Joan) Calhoun and Frederick (Tondalaya) Calhoun; daughters, Janine (Joseph) Calhoun-Arnold and Tracy Thomas, all of Toledo, OH; stepdaughter Phyllis Michael of Chicago, IL; 19 grandchildren,43 great grandchildren, 23 great-great grandchildren; lifelong friend Marilynn Cooper; and a host of other loving relatives and kind friends.