Genevieve M. "Gen" Michela, 87, of Duluth , Minn. and a former longtime Ironwood, Mich. resident, died peacefully Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, at the Franciscan Health Center in Duluth .      The former Genevieve Shea was born Oct. 27, 1922 , in Ironwood, daughter of the late Patrick and Agnes (Ericson) Shea, attended St. Ambrose Grade School , and graduated from St. Ambrose High School in 1940. After graduation she worked at the Ironwood Daily Globe and in Washington , D.C. for a short time during World War II.      She was married to Domenic A. Michela on Aug. 23, 1947 at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Ironwood by the late Msgr. J.B. Moriarity. Gen and Dom then raised their family in Ironwood, moving to Duluth in Sept. 2006.        Gen was a current member of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood and a former member of St. Ambrose and Holy Trinity Catholic Church, where she sang in choirs in all three churches and served as a religious education instructor at Holy Trinity. She was also a member of the Gogebic Range Chorus and Ironwood Women's Club, the St. Ambrose-Ironwood Catholic Alumni and Friends Association, where she served as past mailing secretary, and a lifelong member of the Auxiliary to Ironwood American Legion Post 5 for 55 continuous years. She volunteered as a Girl Scout leader, and enjoyed coffee klatching and cooking and baking for family and friends. She especially enjoyed spending time at their summer home on Lake Gogebic .      Surviving are her three children, Margaret (Martin) Celeski, Ironwood,  and Joseph (Vicky)   Michela and Paula (James) Fredrickson, both of Duluth; grandchildren, Laurie Celeski, Ironwood, Kristina (Brian) Kershaw, Ryan Michela (Katie Petit), Kyle and Scott Michela, all of Duluth, Carla (John) Fesnick, Eden Prairie, Minn., and Erica (Andrew) Williams, Duluth; great-grandchildren, Nicole and Dylan Taivalmaa, Andrew Celeski, Caitlyn Fesnick, Evan Williams and Wyatt Petit; a brother, John Daniel Shea, Des Plaines, Ill.; a sister, Marilyn Bollinger, Norridge, Ill.; sister-in-law, Jean (Ted) Lepore, Hurley, Wis.; brother-in-law, Lawrence (Lorraine) Michela, Tomah, Wis.; and numerous nieces and nephews.      Besides her parents, Gen was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 62 years, Domenic, exactly eight months earlier, on Dec. 29, 2009; a son, Charles L. Michela, on Aug. 13, 1972 ; a brother, Francis Shea; and two sisters, Bernadine Ann Peterson and Patricia Amundson.      A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, Sept. 4, at 11 a.m., at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Ironwood, with the Rev. Darryl J. Pepin, celebrant.      Rite of Committal will take place in the St. Joseph Family Room at the church, with luncheon to follow in the parish hall.      Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery , Ironwood.      Relatives and friends may call in the St. Joseph Family Room at the church from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, where members of Pere Menard Assembly 471, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, will serve as honor guard.      Pallbearers will be Ryan, Kyle and Scott Michela, Andrew Celeski, Dylan Taivalmaa, Brian Kershaw, Andrew Williams and William Kerwith.      Memorials are preferred to the Our Lady of Peace Adopt-A-Student Program, 108 S. Marquette St. , Ironwood , Mich. 49938 .      To view Gen's obituary online, sign the guestbook and express condolences, visit mckevittpatrickfuneralhome.com.      Arrangements have been entrusted to McKevitt-Patrick Funeral Home Inc. of Ironwood.