May 22, 2007

WILLIAM "BILL" T. ROY, 100, of Central Lake, died Tuesday, May 22, 2007, at his home, the Eastport Village Care Home, amongst his loving friends for the past eight years. Bill was born on April 3, 1907 to Webster E. and William "Willie" Ann (Taylor) Roy in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Bill married Gertrude "Sailor" Haight, his beloved wife of...

May 18, 2007

Maxine B. Hough July 17, 1922 - May 18, 2007

Maxine B. Hough, 84, died peacefully in the care of her family, Little Traverse Bay Hospice and her dear friend, Jan Rathbun, on May 18, 2007, at her home on Lake Charlevoix, East Jordan, MI. Her body has been cremated according to her wishes with arrangements by the...

May 17, 2007

JOYCE BEATRICE LOEFFLER, 79, of Central Lake, passed away, Thursday, May 17, 2007 at Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility in Bellaire. Joyce was born June 9, 1927, the daughter of Russell and Nellie (Armstrong) Crofford in Detroit, Michigan. On May 2, 1968 in Detroit, Joyce married Daniel Paul Loeffler who survives. She has resided in Central Lake for the...

May 15, 2007

EARL H. METCALF 88 of Mancelona, died Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at home. Earl was born March 10, 1919 in Colborne, Ontario, Canada, the son of Arthur H. and Georgia P. (Carter) Metcalf. On December 28, 1945, in Detroit, he married Dora L. Dulyea who preceded him in death last year. Also preceding him in death were a sister...

May 14, 2007

MELVIN O. HARCOURT 59, of Mancelona, died Monday, May 14, 2007 at home. Melvin was born April 22, 1948 in Vennscens, Indiana, the son of Robert and Helen (Tewell) Harcourt. He served his country with the US Army in the Vietnam War. On March 14, 1972 in Lakeland, Florida, he married Andra L. Skaggs who survives. They moved to...

May 14, 2007

HAROLD D. WEISER 92, of Mancelona, died on Monday, May 14, 2007 at his home. Harold was born on August 20, 1914 in Apache, Oklahoma the son of Dr. Daniel and Ethel (Robertson) Weiser. Harold grew up in Mancelona and graduated from Mancelona High School in 1932 and then went on to graduate from Ferris Institute School of Pharmacy....

May 14, 2007

OSCAR K. (SMOKE) ROBBINS 76, passed away, Monday, May 14, 2007 in Bellaire. He was born in Antrim, Michigan on June 1, 1930 the son of William and Sarah (Bartholomew) Robbins. Smoke served in the U.S. Army from 1951 until he was honorably discharged in 1953. A long time resident of Millington, MI he retired from Buick Motor Division...

May 11, 2007

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May 6, 2007

FRANCES BERNICE YOUNG, 87, of Central Lake, died Sunday, May 6, 2007 in Bellaire at Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility. She was born March 17, 1920 in Central Lake to Eugene W. and Josephine E .(Collins) Chapin. She attended school in Bellaire and Central Lake and graduated from Ellsworth High School. November 6, 1938 she was married to Miller...

May 1, 2007

KING, THOMAS IRVING, 54, died on May 1, 2007, in Traverse City. Tom was born in Flint on July 1, 1952, the son of John and June King. He attended St. Michael School through the tenth grade and then St. Agnes High School, graduating in 1970. Tom married the love of his life, Linda Wiertalla Schiller, in Brutus, Michigan,...

Apr 23, 2007

Eileen F. Sage of Central Lake died on Monday, April 23, 2007 at Charlevoix Area Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 25, 2007 Eleven a.m. at the Central Lake Chapel of Mortensen Funeral Homes. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 6 to 8 pm also at the funeral home.

Apr 15, 2007

MARIE A. JOHNSON 85 of Alba, our precious Mother and Grandmother, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Sunday April 15, 2007, from Kalkaska Long Term Care. Marie had courageously battled cancer for nearly 11 years. She was born March 9, 1922 to Glen and Edna (Brown) Badgley. Marie's father was sheriff of Antrim County and her mother...

Apr 13, 2007

JOSEPH STANLEY NICHOLS age 90, went to be with has beloved wife Marie on Friday, April 13, 2007, passing away at Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility in Bellaire. Joseph was born June 9, 1916 in Toledo, Ohio and married Marie Kunkosky on June 27, 1936 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in River Rouge, MI. Joe was manager...

Apr 13, 2007

PATRICIA ANN HAMMONS 48, of Mancelona, died Friday, April 13, 2007 at Munson Medical Center in Traverse. Patricia was born August 21, 1958 in Detroit, the daughter of Benjamin and Clara (Bean) Johnson. She resided in Mancelona since 1989 moving from Detroit. She was a member of the Grace Baptist Church in Gaylord. On August 28, 1976 in Detroit,...

Apr 12, 2007

Elva Adell Pickard, 83 of Central Lake, died, Thursday, April 12, 2007 at home. She was born on May 24, 1923 in Charlevoix, to Charlie and Violet (Sedgeman) Ruggles. On September 13, 1941 she married Malcolm Pickard in Tallman, Michigan, who preceded her in death in 1982. Elva was a long time member of the Grace Community Church in...

Apr 11, 2007

MICHAEL KRESNAK 95, of Mancelona, died on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility. Michael was born on March 18, 1912 in Myslava, Czechoslovakia the son of Michael and Mary (Nic) Kresnak. He was a lifelong resident of Mancelona where he was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church and was a past member of the...

Apr 7, 2007

BRIAN LYNN FULLER JR. SSG, age 26, of Ft. Hood, Texas, died Saturday, April 7, 2007 in Killeen, TX. He was born November 27, 1980 in Grand Rapids, the son of Brian L. Sr. and Betty Christene (Taylor) Fuller. He graduated from Greenville High School in 1998 and joined the US Army. He served in Korea for four years...

Apr 6, 2007

KONETZKA, DAKOTAH and AUSTIN, ages 12 and 11 respectively, from Dutton, Michigan are resting in the arms of our Heavenly Father after being involved in a fatal auto accident on Good Friday on their way to Mancelona, MI. Both brothers were born in Grand Rapids, Dakotah was born on March 18, 1995 and Austin was born on February 11,...

Apr 3, 2007

OTTO I. McGRATH 76, of Mancelona, died on April 3, 2007 at Munson Hospice House in Traverse City. Otto was born on September 16, 1930 in Onaway, the son of Otto and Edith (Dunn) McGrath. Otto was a Mancelona resident for the past 32 years. He was employed at Shanty Creek Resort in Bellaire and also worked in the...

Apr 2, 2007

HENRY M. RICKSGERS 89, of Alden, passed away surrounded by his family on Monday, April 2, 2007 at Munson Medical Center. Henry was born on October 28, 1917 in Grand Haven, MI., the son of Matthew and Ida (Mineau) Ricksgers. Henry moved to the Ricksgers farm when he was 9 years old where he learned to do plenty of...