Phillip Thrasher
Feb 25, 2007
PHILLIP E. THRASHER 57, of Bellaire, died on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007 at his home. Phillip was born on March 12, 1949 in Custer Twp., Michigan, the son of Wesley and Edith (Drain) Thrasher. He was a resident of Antrim County all of his life where he enjoyed mushroom hunting, fishing, hunting as well as many other outdoor activities....
Helen Blissett
Feb 20, 2007
HELEN LOUISE BLISSETT, 87, of Bellaire, left our world on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007 at the Bellaire home of her daughter and son in law. The daughter of Virgil and Frances (Gephart) Cottrell, she was born Jan. 16, 1920 in Paulding, Ohio. In Hicksville, Ohio on Sept. 14, 1955, she married Robert Blissett who died Oct. 18, 1991. A...
Alexandra DuBay
Feb 19, 2007
ALEXANDRA "ALI" NICOLE DuBAY 19, of Mancelona, died on Monday, February 19, 2007 at home. Ali was born on December 21, 1987 in Port Huron, Michigan. She had resided in the Mancelona area since 2001 and graduated from Alba High School in 2006. She enjoyed sports, especially wrestling and basketball, but her greatest love was spending time with her...
Richard Bolton
Feb 18, 2007
RICHARD G. BOLTON, 46 of Central Lake, died Sunday, February 18, 2007 at home. He was born June 8, 1960 to George and Helen Pauline (Wilfinger) Bolton in Charlevoix. Richard worked in the oil fields for many years around the area. Besides his mother, he is survived by four sisters, Kathryn (Mike) Ring of Parma, Barbara Bolton (Jack Ross)...
Martha Corey
Feb 17, 2007
MARTHA "ALMA" COREY 80, of Rapid City, went to be with the Lord Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007 at the Kalkaska Memorial Health Care Center. She suffered a long illness but passed quietly in her sleep with her family at her side. She was born Feb. 17, 1927 in Sault Ste. Marie, the only child of Thomas and Martha (Duncan)...
Kenneth Green
Feb 16, 2007
KENNETH F. GREEN 65, of Central Lake, died Friday, February 16, 2007 at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. He was born December 17, 1941 in Frankfort, the son of Kenneth and Beatrice (Young) Green. He worked for over 35 years as a Job Setter for Ford Motor Company, Livonia Transmission Plant, and retired in 2000. On March 14,...
Richard Spence
Feb 16, 2007
RICHARD L. SPENCE 66, of Central Lake, died on Friday, February 16, 2007 surrounded by his loving family at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. Dick was born on November 13, 1940 in Lansing, the son of Carl and Katie (Marquardt) Spence. He resided in Central Lake most of his life where he owned and operated the Treasure House...
Herbert Ray
Feb 8, 2007
HERBERT W. "HOOP" RAY Sr., 74, of Mancelona, died on Thursday, February 8, 2007 at his home. He was born on March 27, 1932 in Mancelona, the son of Sidney and Margaret (Sparks) Ray. Hoop served in the United States Army with the 624th Transportation Company as a motor mechanic and received a National Defense Service Medal. He was...
Basil Scharaswak
Feb 5, 2007
BASIL E. SCHARASWAK 72, of Mancelona, died on Monday, February 5, 2007 at Otsego Memorial Hospital in Gaylord. Basil was born on April 22, 1934 in Morley, MI., the son of Victor and Ona (Davis) Scharaswak. He was a resident of Mancelona since 1998, prior to moving to Mancelona he resided in the Greenville area for many years. He...
Adam McCully
Feb 2, 2007
ADAM McCULLY 83, of Clam Lake, died peacefully with his family by his side on February 2, 2007 at his home. He was born on July 13, 1923 in Detroit, the son of Adam M. and Harriet (McFadden) McCully. Adam was a paper boy for the Detroit News and went on to serve in the U.S. Navy in World...
Craig McCarty
Jan 30, 2007
CRAIG ALAN McCARTY 38, of Mancelona, died after a two year courageous battle with colon cancer on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at his home surrounded by family and friends. Craig was born on June 25, 1968 in Traverse City, the son of Thurman and Joyce (Burley) McCarty. He was a resident of Mancelona most of his life and graduated...
Donna Conway
Jan 17, 2007
DONNA F. CONWAY 70, of Mancelona and Corning, Ark., died on January 17, 2007 in Arkansas. She was born on March 10, 1936 in Grayling, the daughter of Angus and Fern (Cameron) Macaulay. She was a resident of Mancelona for the past 49 years and was a former member of the Mancelona Lions Club. She enjoyed fishing, camping, auctions...
Nancy Skinkle
Jan 16, 2007
Nancy Ann Skinkle, 68, of Central Lake, died Tuesday, January 16, 2007 in Zephyrhills, FL. Nancy was born December 10, 1938 in Detroit, the daughter of Willard and Martha (Manning) Peura. On January 26, 1957 in Detroit she married Allen R. Skinkle. In 1969 they moved from Dearborn to Central Lake and together owned and operated Central Heating and...
Otto Hinzmann
Jan 16, 2007
OTTO G. HINZMANN 89 of Torch Lake Twp., died Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. Otto was born September 21, 1917 in Detroit the son of Otto and Caroline (Roberts) Hinzmann. He worked for the Michigan Employment Security Commission for 38 years, retiring in 1983 as district manager of 26 counties. He attended Wayne...
Doris Clayton
Jan 10, 2007
DORIS M. CLAYTON 81, of Central Lake, died Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at home. Doris was born May 29, 1925 in Cadillac, the daughter of Harvard H. and Gertrude B. (Knecht) Clark. She received a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters in Special Education and remedial reading from Eastern Michigan University, followed by a teaching career from 1946 until...
Carol Hockenberger
Jan 10, 2007
CAROL LYNNE HOCKENBERGER 64, of Pickerington Ohio and Bellaire, died Wed. Jan. 10, 2007 in Ohio. She was born Dec. 23, 1942 in Lima, OH, the daughter of William and Marjorie (Failor) Alexander. She received her BS in Education from the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music, and was a member of the Alumni Association for both. She...
Barbara Kotz
Jan 9, 2007
BARBARA J. KOTZ 50, of Bellaire, died Wednesday, January 9, 2007 at home. She was born Feb. 14, 1956 in Highland Park, the daughter of Miles and Edith (McNaughton) Seeley. Barb worked for many years as the Housekeeping Supervisor for Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility in Bellaire. Surviving is a son Danial Kotz of Clinton Twp., her father Miles...
Jane Thie
Jan 5, 2007
JANE HUGHES THIE 69, of Torch Lake, Forest Home Twp., formerly of Dayton, OH, died Friday, January 5, 2007 at home. Jane was born Jan. 2, 1938 in Middletown, OH, the daughter of Bernard C. and Adelaide K. (Borcherding) Hughes. She moved permanently to Torch Lake nine years ago where she had summered most of her life. A 1956...
Virginia Chevalier
Jan 4, 2007
VIRGINIA G. CHEVALIER, 79, of Mancelona, died Thursday, January 4, 2007 at Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey. Visitation will be held this evening, January 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Mancelona Chapel of Mortensen Funeral Homes. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, January 6, at the funeral home.
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