Virginia Jean "Ginger" Bischoff

Dec 16, 2015

Virginia Jean “Ginger”(Russell) Bischoff, 68, of Charlevoix, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015,peacefully after long health struggles at her home. She was born December 7, 1947, in Charlevoix to Walter (Pug) and Marjorie (Engelhart) Russell. Ginger attended Charlevoix High School.

Ginger was a warm and loving wife, mother,grandmother, and friend who was there for everyone who came...

Gretchen Kantzer

Dec 16, 2015

Gretchen A. Kantzer, 73, of Bellaire, passed away on December 16, 2015 at her home. Gretchen was born on August 16, 1942, in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of Frank and Marjorie (VanStone) Detwiler. Gretchen was a resident of Bellaire for the past 3 years where she moved from Cass County, IN. While living in Indiana, she owned and...

Daisy Pollister

Dec 15, 2015

Daisy Bell (Toodie) Morrison Pollister , 90, of Elk Rapids, MI, died Tues. Dec. 15, 2015, at Kalkaska Eden Center. She was born on July 6, 1925 in the parlor of the family home on the farm at Yuba, Michigan. She was the first born of Peter Clyde Morrison and Daisy Bell Morrison. She and her four siblings all...

Kathleen James

Dec 15, 2015

Kathleen Ann James 48, a lifelong resident of Central Lake, died suddenly, Tues. Dec. 15, 2015 at Charlevoix Area Hospital. She was born Apr. 12, 1967 in Petoskey the daughter of Ward and Jeanne (Friend) Cary and was a 1985 graduate of Central Lake High School. Kathy loved her children dearly. She spent all her time with them; they...

Betty Patrick

Dec 15, 2015

Betty Lou Patrick, 84, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 15, 2015, in Sebring, Fla. She was born November 19, 1931, in Hagler, Idaho to the late Leo and Rhoda (Peters) Putman. Betty was a homemaker, liked to craft, loved to decorate for Christmas and collect angels. She also enjoyed reading...

Sue Ferrell

Dec 14, 2015

Sue Ann Ferrell, 63 of Bellaire, died peacefully with her husband at her side, Mon. Dec. 14, 2015 at Munson Medical Center after suffering a major stroke. She was born Aug. 27, 1952, in Lansing, the daughter of Richard and Georgia (King) Gleason. Sue loved the great outdoors and all it had to offer. She enjoyed taking care of...

Lewis Skeel

Dec 13, 2015

Lewis R. Skeel, 88, of Rogersville, Mo., formerly of Charlevoix, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2015, at his home. He was born September 20, 1927, in Stanhope, Iowa, to Herbert and Ella (Wentzel) Skeel.

On July 2, 1949, he married Barbara Allard in Charlevoix. They made their home in Charlevoix.

Lewis...

Aldona Vilkauskas

Dec 13, 2015

Aldona Sileika Vilkauskas, 94, of Petoskey died Sunday, December 13, 2015 at Boulder Park Terrace Nursing Home in Charlevoix. She was born March 21, 1921, in Lithuania to Justinas and Veronika (Janulevicius) Ulaitis. She fled from Lithuania in 1944 with her extended family and lived in a Displaced Person’s Camp in Germany until 1950 when she, her husband and...

Lynn-Rae Holmes

Dec 10, 2015

Lynn-Rae Holmes, 59, of Charlevoix, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015, at her home. She was born August 30, 1956, in Methuen, Mass. to Raymond and June (Schoff) Riel. Lynn-Rae graduated from Dracut High School in 1974.

She worked as a medical assistant while living in Massachusetts.

On June...

Richard LaVanway

Dec 7, 2015

Richard G. LaVanway, 67 of East Jordan, died Dec. 7, 2015 peacefully at home after battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He was born on Nov. 15, 1948 in Charlevoix, the son of Elgin and Mae (Kenney) LaVanway. He worked for many years for Smith Excavating and later for Northland Septic. In 1985, he became owner of Jordan Valley Concrete and...

John Burns, Jr

Dec 7, 2015

John "Jack" Burns Jr., 84 of Central Lake, died Mon. Dec. 7, 2015 at home. He was born Dec. 24, 1930, in Detroit, the son of John and Fern (Gotham) Burns. Jack proudly served in the US Army during the Korean War. On Nov. 3, 1951 he married Cleo Mulonas, although he always joked he "didn't really know if...

Marge Krchak

Dec 7, 2015

Marjorie J. Krchak, 69, of Charlevoix, passed away Monday, December 7, 2015, at her home. She was born May 14, 1946, in Petoskey to George and Betty (Dennis) Ford, Jr.

Marge graduated from Petoskey High School in 1964.

She moved to Charlevoix in 1966, and worked as a bookkeeper for Erber...

Kent Pickett

Dec 6, 2015

Kent A. Pickett, 77 of Mancelona, passed away peacefully with his family at his side in Traverse City, MI, on Dec. 6, 2015, due to complications from pancreatic cancer.

He was born in Stockbridge, MI, on Jan. 6, 1938 and grew up in Munith and Unadilla, MI. He was a graduate of Chelsea High School, Class of '56...

Robert Mau

Dec 6, 2015

Robert Edwin Mau, Sr., 82, of Ellsworth, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015, at Hiland Cottage Hospice in Petoskey. He was born July 25, 1933, in Detroit, to Edwin C. and Marguerite A. (Strick) Mau. In 1964, he married Beverly Ann Hegyan in Yale, Michigan. Bob graduated from General Motors Institute with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering...

John Speigl

Dec 5, 2015

John J. Speigl, 83, of Charlevoix, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2015, at home with his son Ken and his dog Lewis by his side. John was born April 26, 1932, and grew up on the family farm on Burnett Road. He was the second youngest of seven siblings, born to Margaret Shotz and Jake Speigl. John attended the...

Darlene Robbins

Dec 3, 2015

Darlene D. Robbins, 66 of Mancelona, wife of Dale, died Thurs. Dec. 3, 2015 at home.

No services are planned at this time!

Wayne Steiner

Dec 3, 2015

Wayne Fae Steiner, age 95, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2015, at Meadowbrook Medical Care Facility in Bellaire, Michigan. Wayne was born December 22, 1919, at the family farm on Clam Lake, Michigan, to the late William and Maude (Lingle) Steiner. On April 4, 1941, Wayne married Dolores Cleo YoungDike, his wife of 74 years who survives. Wayne is...

Penny Puckett

Dec 2, 2015

Penny (Nellie) P. Puckett, 57 of Bellaire, died at home, Wed. Dec. 2, 2015 due to natural causes. She was born Dec. 10, 1957 to Russel and Phyllis (Minich) Martin, growing up in Tawas, MI. On Dec. 11, 1982 in Mancelona, Penny married Steve F. Puckett. They moved to Bellaire in 1984, happily making their home and raising 5...

Oscar Schauer

Nov 30, 2015

Oscar Schauer Jr. age 93 passed away in the early morning hours on Monday November 30, at Kalkaska Memorial Health Center's Eden Center, in Kalkaska, MI. Oscar was born on January 14, 1922 in Wisconsin. He left home around the age of 14 and rode the train back and forth to Michigan. He met his wife Shirley at the...

John Gaddis

Nov 29, 2015

John D. Gaddis Jr, 60, of Elk Rapids, died peacefully, Sunday, November 29, 2015 at Munson Hospice House. He was born October 8, 1955 in Detroit the son of John A. and Luanne (Bailie) Gaddis. The family moved to Central Lake and he graduated from Central Lake High School in 1973. He continued to live in Central Lake for...