Omena resident Joan Blount celebrated her 90th birthday in great style this past weekend when she and her husband Dale attended a family gathering in East Lansing. The weekend began with everyone attending the Blounts’ granddaughter Erica Brown’s final dance performance as a Michigan State Spartan Showstopper. It was especially exciting to have so many family members there when Erica was honored with the Showstopper of 2026 award, as well as performing her solo Senior dance.
Other family members who traveled to East Lansing included Joan’s brother, Dan Landron, who came from California; Joan and Dale’s two daughters and their husbands, Kristen and Jeff Brown, and Andrea and Jim Makarauskas; their grandson, and Erica’s brother, Dan Brown; and their granddaughter Lauren Milligan and her husband Dallas who came from Indiana with their daughter, Belle.
The four generations of Blounts were joined by longtime family friends from Illinois and Mount Pleasant at a party for Joan at The Kellogg Center. The party had a festive Spanish theme, in honor of Joan’s Puerto Rican birth. The twolayer cake colorfully depicted Old San Juan.
