Ms. JaSheika Monique Glass

***A VISITATION & MEMORIAL SERVICE IN LOVING MEMORY FOR MS. JASHEIKA MONIQUE GLASS WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2024, AT OUR FUNERAL HOME. ****NOTE: PLEASE SEE THE VISITATION & SERVICE TIMES LISTED BELOW ****MASKS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. WE WILL PROVIDE HAND SANITIZER WHEN ENTERING OUR BUILDING. ***If you have any questions, please contact us at: (269) 342-1000 ________________________________________ "REMEMBERING JASHEIKA" And the peace of God which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7 In life we have pleasures with our loved ones, and our family has had its share of both sorrows and joys, but we truly thank God for the memories that death cannot destroy. Once again, it is with overwhelming sadness, but also with an assured confidence in Jesus Christ, that we celebrate the life of our beloved, JaSheika Monique Glass, who was affectionately called “Sheika” by all who knew and loved her. A devoted and caring mother to her loving children, Billy and Laila, the beloved only daughter of her mother, Rita; a beautiful and loving cousin, an amazing niece, a caring granddaughter, and a loyal and true friend, JaSheika Monique Glass tragically departed this life on Friday, August 2, 2024, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in an automobile accident. The beautiful mortal life of JaSheika Monique Glass was born into time on Sunday, June 14, 1981, at the former Memorial Hospital which is now Corewell Lakeland Health Center South in St. Joseph, Michigan, to her beautiful parents, the late Gregory Allan Glass and Rita Glass. Their bundle of joy added so much love to their lives. She was preceded in death by her father, Greg whom she adored with all of her heart, her maternal grandfathers, Amos Peterson and Jimmy Hicks, paternal grandparents, Polly Stovall and Allan Glass, (3) aunts, Kitty Sue Jackson, Jamesanna Farmer and Patricia Reid-Bishop; (1) uncle, Michael Nichols; and (3) cousins, Donquella Reid-Singh, Altovise “Pumkin” Reid and Tiara Whitfield. In 1987, the family moved to Oshtemo, Michigan, from Anchorage, Alaska, after her father retired from service in the United States Army. “Sheika” was raised in a loving and tight-knit family on both sides. At an early age, JaSheika was taught about the love of Jesus Christ and was baptized at the Good News Deliverance Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan, at the precious age of 6 years old. JaSheika was formally educated in the Kalamazoo Public Schools and in 1999, she graduated from Loy Norrix High School as a proud member of the Mighty Class of 1999. Throughout high school, everyone knew “Shieka” and she was truly loved. While in high school, she fell in love with her videography class which led her to pursue her dream of becoming a television talk show host and upon graduating from high school, she attended ITT Technical Institute in Grand Rapid, Michigan to pursue a degree in Telecommunications. In 2016, she united in holy matrimony with Billy Woods Jr. and to this union, two children were born. Sheika was a hard worker and worked several jobs throughout her life to make sure that she could provide for her children. She was employed as a cashier at Speedway Service Station , Five Below, Taco Bell, Sweetwater Donuts and her last place of employment was in the healthcare field as a home health care aid. She loved taking care of her patients and always gave them her very best. When her friends were asked to describe “Sheika” or “Ja” as some called her, they said that she was a very giving and caring person. She was deeply spiritual and loved God, dependable, funny, charismatic, strong-willed, opinionated, determined and the epitome of love and if you met her once, she left an indelible footprint in your life, one that you would never forget. As a mother, “Sheika” was so excited when she found out she was going to become a mother at the age of twenty-eight. She was loving and giving, their protector and their provider, and she always made sure that they had whatever they needed Billy and Laila were always her number one priority and she made sure that they both had a loving and nurturing relationship with her because she wanted them to always know that they were loved like she was unconditionally loved by her mother until the end of her life on this earth. On the day she passed away, she never stopped being a loving mother. She took Billy to get a tattoo in honor of his 16th birthday and the tattoo he chose read, “I AM MY MOTHER’S KEEPER”. God Is A Good God…She will truly be missed and loved by her children. She will forever be remembered in the hearts of her (2) loving and amazing children, Billy Gene Woods III and Laila Alana Rose Woods; her mother, Rita Glass of Kalamazoo; maternal grandmother, Rosie Reid-Hicks of Benton Harbor; a special sister whom she call affectionately “Sister”, Tramaine “Sister” Robinson of Kalamazoo; (11) aunts, Karen Reid, Crystal Reid, Sharon (Marvin) Henderson, Denise Peterson, Shameetha Pierce and Chiconza Pierce all of Benton Harbor, LaTonya Glass and Stephanie Williams, of Florida, April Glass, Veronica Stovall and Vanessa Stovall all of Kalamazoo; (5) uncles Lanny (Alisha) Glass and Allan Coates both of Benton Harbor, Bradley Reid, Christopher Reid and Amos Pierce. A special brother, Jimmy “J” Bowen of Kalamazoo; the father of her children, Billy Wood Jr., mother-in-law, Doris Woods of Kalamazoo, (2) great-aunts, Mary Williams and The Honorable Mayor Emma J. Hull; a host of loving cousins and her special cousins and partners in crime, Shona, Lil Khris, Jenna, Felicia, Shaunthina and Kenita; special friends, Celeah Ellis, Khayree Landen, and Veronica Riggins; and a host of family and friends. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39

Ms. JaSheika Monique Glass

June 14, 1981 - August 2, 2024