With Sympathy: Jacque Haines

WILLOUGHBY — Memorial Services for Jacque McCoy Haines, age 82, of Willoughby, Ohio, will be 2 p.m., Sunday, May 3rd, at Mentor United Methodist Church, 8600 Mentor Ave., Mentor. The Rev. Kurt E. Landerholm will officiate at the Service.

The family will receive friends following the Service, at the Church, on Sunday until 4:30 p.m.

Jacque passed away on Monday, April 27, 2015, at his home, surrounded by his family.

Born Nov. 7, 1932, in Jefferson, Ohio, he moved to Lyndhurst in 1959 and raised his family there, before moving to Willoughby Hills in 1998 and Willoughby in 2007.

Jacque was a graduate of Jefferson High School, Class of 1950, and of Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University, much to his dismay) where he earned both his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and his law degree from the Franklin Thomas Backus School of Law.

He was a member of Mentor United Methodist Church and a former member of both the United Methodist Church of South Euclid and the Jefferson United Methodist Church, all of where he has served on numerous committees. He was a former member and past president of the Kiwanis Club of South Euclid-Lyndhurst and a volunteer for Meals on Wheels for several years. He previously served as trustee and past president of the Cinnamon Lake Association and as Director and Secretary of the Cinnamon Lake Utility Company, both in Ashland County.

Jacque was also a member of the former Tuscan Lodge 342 F.& A.M. in Jefferson, Scottish Rite, Valley of Cleveland, Al Koran Shrine and served on the advisory board of South Euclid Assembly 42 of the Order of Rainbow Girls; the American Bar Association, Ohio Bar Association, Greater Cleveland Bar Association, Estate Planning Council of Cleveland and the Lake County Bar Association. He was honored as Man of the Year in 1975 at the Hillcrest Branch of the YMCA for his volunteer work.

In his free time, he enjoyed traveling, having a round of golf play him, playing tennis, singing in the church choirs and spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren, attending their many activities.

Mr. Haines was an attorney in the Trust Department of the former Central National Bank in Cleveland, Ohio, then opened a private practice which he continued until last year. Jacque was proud to have practiced law for more than 55 years. He also served as a city councilman and then as Law Director for The City of Lyndhurst for several years.

He is survived by his high school sweetheart, Carol Jean (Anderson) Haines, whom he married on July 10, 1955, in Jefferson; son, Jeffrey (Stephanie) Haines of Bainbridge Township; daughter, Laurel (Mitchell) Babcock of Mentor; grandchildren, Shannon (Haines) (Lt. J.G. William) McCrone, USN, of Norfolk, Va., Lt. J.G. Andrew Haines, USN of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Theodore Babcock and Corinne Babcock, both of Mentor; and brother, James (Mary Lou) Haines of Mentor and their families.

He was preceded in death by his father, Sheriff Daniel W. Haines in 1953; and mother, Elaine McCoy Haines in 1982.

Final resting place will be in Oakdale Cemetery in Jefferson in a private family ceremony.

In lieu of flowers, the family encourages contributions to Hospice of the Western Reserve, Inc., 17876 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44110-2602, or Mentor United Methodist Church Music Fund, 8600 Mentor Ave., Mentor, Ohio 44060.

Arrangements entrusted to DAVIS-BABCOCK FUNERAL HOME, Willoughby. Obituary and condolences at starbeacon.com.