John Haines

Oct 21, 2013

John Haines, 92, of Bellaire, passed away on October 21, 2013 at his home. John was born on October 21, 1921, in Kewadin, the son of John and Laura (Hurst) Haines. John was best described as a "true gentleman" with a great sense of humor and was polite, gentle and kind. He enjoyed spending time with family, playing various...

Nancy Braun

Oct 20, 2013

Nancy J. Braun, 73, of Central Lake, formerly of Midland, passed away peacefully on October 20, 2013 at her home, surrounded by her family and friends. Nancy was born on July 16, 1940, in Jackson, MI., the daughter of David and Florence (Shove) Reece. Nancy, before her retirement, was a social worker for the state of Michigan and spent...

Wilmer Hyde

Oct 19, 2013

Wilmer F. Hyde, 72 of Central Lake, died peacefully, surrounded by his family, Sat. Oct. 19, 2013 at home. He was born Aug. 1, 1941, in Banks Twp., the son of Lee and Margarite (Welsh) Hyde. Wilmer proudly served in the United States Army. He worked pretripping trucks most of his life and lived in Pennsylvania for years. In...

Gloria Elkins

Oct 19, 2013

Gloria E. Elkins, 81 of Mancelona, passed away October 19, 2013 at Charlevoix Area Hospital. Gloria was born on December 26, 1931 in Gaylord to George and Lucy Jasinski. She was a graduate of Gaylord St. Mary's High School in 1949. In 1957, she married George Elkins. She attended St. Joseph and St. Luke Catholic Church. Gloria enjoyed the...

Bernard Irwin

Oct 18, 2013

Bernard K. Irwin, 79, of Torch Village and Northville, died Fri. Oct. 18, 2013 at his home in Torch Village.

No services are planned at this time.

Harry Lowe

Oct 18, 2013

Harry G. Lowe, 61 of Mancelona passed away October 18, 2013 at his home. He was born April 11, 1952 in Pontiac, the son of Harry and Vivian Lowe. Harry loved his motorcycle and spending time with his family. He is survived by his son, Jason (Lucy) Sanders of Conway, SC; special nephew, Cory Lowe of Indianapolis, IN; and...

Bonnie Meeder

Oct 18, 2013

BONNIE L. (THOMAS) MEEDER February 3, 1943 - October 18, 2013 The long good-bye has ended. On October 18, 2013 Bonnie Louva (Thomas) Meeder was released from her long struggle with emphysema, passing away at home surrounded by her husband and children. Our Mom's physical suffering is over now, she is able to be the lighthearted, smiling fun-maker that...

Kathi Wilks

Oct 16, 2013

Kathleen A. Wilks, 58, of Bellaire, passed away on October 16, 2013 at McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey. Kathi was born on June 30, 1955 in Detroit, the daughter of Joseph and LaDonna (Brackelbauer) Duda. Kathi had a love for the outdoors where she enjoyed flower gardening, fishing and especially deer hunting. She also enjoyed crafting. On April...

Mary Henson

Oct 15, 2013

Mary Lula (Collins) Henson went to be with her Savior and Lord surrounded by her loving family in Bellaire, MI, on Oct. 15, 2013. Mary, age 85, was born in Barbourville, KY on June 22, 1928. After her marriage in 1948, she divided her time between Detroit, Kentucky, Florida and Northern Michigan. Anyone who knew Mary never forgot her...

Craig VanSice

Oct 14, 2013

Craig Len VanSice, age 57, resident of Tucson, Arizona (formerly of Bellaire, Michigan) died at the Northwest Medical Center in Tucson on Monday, October 14, 2013. Craig was born July 22, 1956, in Bellaire, Michigan to the late Harold and Maxine (Bailey) VanSice. In 1974, Craig graduated from Bellaire High School. Prior to moving out to Arizona in 1979,...

James Draplin

Oct 13, 2013

How do you pack the beautiful, funny, wild, caring, compassionate, creative, loud, loving, laughing, happy life of James Patrick Draplin into this little space? It doesn't do the man justice. Our dad was front page material.

James Patrick Draplin came into this world on February the first, 1943 and made a first-class exit on October the 13, 2013....

Milton Grimes, Sr

Oct 13, 2013

Milton H. Grimes, Sr., 83, of Mancelona, MI, formerly of Haddon Heights and then Southampton, NJ, went to be with the Lord on October 13, 2013. He was born September 4, 1930 in Camden, NJ, the son of Howard and Grace Grimes. Milton proudly served his country in the United States Airforce from 1951 to 1955. He worked at...

Joseph Willerer

Oct 11, 2013

JOSEPH N.WILLERER, 66, of Bellaire MI, and formerly of the Detroit Metro area, died peacefully at home on Friday, October 11, 2013.

He was born July 2, 1947 in Detroit, the son of Joseph L. and Anne M. (Heiler) Willerer.

Joe was an electrician for the Ford Motor Company for 32 years. He retired from that position...

Fern Thayer

Oct 11, 2013

Mrs. Fern Viola Thayer (89) died Friday, October 11, 2013, in Parker, Colorado, after a long illness. She was born May 7, 1924, in Central Lake, Michigan, the daughter of William Matthew and Julia Belle (Hess) Somerville. She was raised in Central Lake, Michigan, before moving to Bellaire. She lived in the Traverse City area from 1950 to 2012...

Cathy Kerr

Oct 10, 2013

Catherine L. Kerr, 64, of Mancelona, passed away October 10, 2013 at Kalkaska Long Term Center. Cathy was born August 24, 1949 in Hazelhurst, Georgia, the daughter of John and Pauline White. Cathy graduated from Mancelona High School in 1967 and resided in Mancelona ever since. Cathy was a devoted wife and mother who enjoyed reading, playing cards and...

Gordon Erdmann

Oct 9, 2013

Gordon E. Erdmann, 72, of Mancelona, passed away Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born May 11, 1941 in Castleton, North Dakota, the son of Benjamin and Florennce Erdmann. Gordon proudly served his county in the United States Air Force for 32 years while stationed in Germany for his entire career. He...

Sue Springstead

Oct 6, 2013

Sue Springstead, 48, of Mancelona, passed away Sunday, October 6, 2013 at her home. Sue was born February 20, 1965 in Capac, Michigan, the daughter of Joseph Wood and Shirley Birgy. Sue attended NMC and obtained her business degree as she always dreamed of opening her own restaurant. She loved to cook and make crafts. She always put everyone...

Harry Hammond

Oct 5, 2013

Harry G. "Pete" Hammond, 89, of East Jordan died Saturday, October 5, 2013 at McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey. He was born November 1, 1923 in East Jordan to Gaius and Dorothy (Wederburne) Hammond. On September 15, 1950 he married Dorothy Saganek in Petoskey. They made their home in East Jordan. Pete served his country in the U.S....

Betty Hudson

Oct 4, 2013

Betty Jo Hudson passed away peacefully on October 4, 2013 at the age of 82. Born in Muncie, Indiana she was preceded in death by her parents, Carl and Lottie Hudson, her brother, Bob and sister-in-law, Wilma. She is survived by her life partner, Barbara Young, nephew, Jim (Louise) Hudson, nieces Ruth Ann (Jim) Upchurch, Patricia (Dave) Causemaker, Cynthia...

Theola Elzinga

Oct 4, 2013

Theola Elzinga, 88, of Atwood died Friday, October 4, 2013, at Boulder Park Terrace in Charlevoix. She was born March 7, 1925 in Banks Township to Wesley and Hattie (Zylstra) Veenstra. On August 10, 1968 she married Henry A "Hank" Elzinga in Atwood where they made their home. Hank died in 2005. Theola taught first grade at Ellsworth Community...