Obituaries
Dorothy Ann Himick
Dec 16, 2020
Dorothy Ann Glus Himick was born on November 1, 1919 in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. Her parents, Prokup and Mary Warian Glus had emigrated to America from Austria with four children. They settled on a farm in Edinboro, Pennsylvania where they had seven more children, including Dorothy. They worshiped at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in nearby Pageville. At home, they all...
Roland F. Tulgetske
Dec 14, 2020
Roland F. Tulgetske Jr., 69, of Mikado, passed away Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 at his home. Born March 31, 1951 to Roland F. and Viola (Johnson) Tulgetske Sr. in Rogers City, he was raised there. Roland served in the U.S. Army from 1970-1972 during the Vietnam War. He received the Vietnam Service medial with 2 Bronze Stars. Roland was a...
Kenneth G. Manning
Dec 13, 2020
Kenneth (Butch) George Manning, 65, of Harrisville, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2020 at McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital Petoskey, MI. Born January 23, 1955 to Kenneth Jay Manning & Florence Virginia (Loyer) Manning in Harrisville Township, MI, he was a lifelong resident of the area. Ken loved being and working outdoors, and that led him to open Lincoln Sand and...
Helen Haden
Dec 11, 2020
Helen Haden, 79, of Lincoln, passed away Friday, December 11, 2020 at Lincoln Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation Community. Born December 1, 1941 in Richmond, VA, she was raised there and in Sandston VA. On July 25, 1959, she married Arnell Haden Jr. in Sandston. They were married 54 years when he preceded her in death in 2013. A devoted homemaker,...
Billy Sanders
Dec 5, 2020
Billy B. Sanders, 83, of Black River, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020 at his home. Born November 25, 1937 to Oscar and Rose (Goheen) Sanders in Flint, MI, he was raised there. On November 28, 1955, he married Shirley Pavy in Flint. They were longtime residents of Port Huron where Billy worked as a manufacturing services engineer for Wirtz...
Larry A. Reames
Dec 2, 2020
Larry A. Reames, 78, of Harrisville, passed away due to COVID-19 Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Mid Michigan Medical Center, Alpena. Born July 23, 1942 to Harold V. and Leora B. (Rushman) Reames in Mikado, MI, he was raised in Alcona County. On May 19, 1962, he married Rosemary Truman in Harrisville. They were residents of Alpena and Flint, where...
Leo D. Pearce
Nov 29, 2020
Leo Dean Pearce, 84, of Lincoln, passed away November 29, 2020 at Mid Michigan Medical Center in Alpena. He was born September 27, 1936 to Joseph and Almina (Shaw) Pearce in Lincoln, he was a lifelong resident of the area. He was an avid hunter. He worked several years at the Alcona Road Commission before his retirement. He married Phebie...
Charles Ray Tudor
Nov 28, 2020
Charles Ray Tudor, 84, of Mikado passed away Saturday, November 28, 2020 at Ascension St. Mary Hospital in Saginaw. He was born June 5, 1936 to Elvis and Louise (Behrendt) Tudor in Fredonia KY. On September 11, 1954, he married Jeanette K. Schellenberg in Wyandotte. They were longtime residents of the Down River area, moving to Mikado in 1970. Charles...
Shaleen Atchinson
Nov 28, 2020
Shaleen Atchinson, 68, of Lincoln, passed away Saturday, November 28, 2020 at her home. She was born September 13, 1952 to Mack and Lauretta (Schuler) Henry in Honolulu, HI. After a career in corporate event planning in California, she pursued her passion of retail boutique fashion consulting in both Chicago and Northville. She married Roger Atchinson on December 27, 1993...
Phebie V. Pearce
Nov 25, 2020
Phebie V. Pearce, 89, of Lincoln, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at Mid Michigan Medical Center, Alpena.
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She is survived by her husband, Leo, four children, Gail (Warren) Leeseberg, Linda (Rick) Choate, Sandra (Kenneth) Cholewa, and John Kimberlin, two step children, Alfred Pearce and Julie Stach, 12 grandchildren, Matthew (Christi) Leeseberg, Naomi (Andrew) Cox, Nathanael (Kristina) Leeseberg, Timothy...
Robert A. Ruffner
Nov 25, 2020
Robert A. Ruffner, 72, of Harrisville, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at his home. Born August 26, 1948 to Robert and Anna (Alcorn) Ruffner in Greensburg, PA, he was raised in Inkster and Livonia. Bob served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He worked as the Director of Maintenance at Kalitta Air in Oscoda, retiring in March....
Joseph W. Ellinger
Nov 24, 2020
Joseph W. Ellinger, 77 of Harrisville, died peacefully on November 24, 2020 at Jamieson Nursing Home in Harrisville MI. Born October 8, 1943 to Joe and Lena (Burt) Ellinger in Harrisville, he was raised in Alcona County. Joe attended Alcona Community Schools graduating in 1961, and later attended Michigan Barber School. He worked at the Lincoln IGA for Sanford and...
Violet F. Chase
Nov 22, 2020
Violet F. Chase, 90, of Harrisville passed away Sunday, NOvember 22, 2020 at MidMichigan Medical Center in Alpena. Born December 31, 1929 to Elva Swartz in Lincoln, MI, she was a lifelong resident of the area. On APril 13, 1946, she married Raymond Chase and they owned and operated a dairy farm in Harrisville. Violet loved her garden, especially her...
Freda A. Sprague
Nov 19, 2020
Freda Sprague, 98, died in Black River, Michigan, with family on November 19, 2020. She was born on June 24, 1922, in Topeka, Kansas, and was the middle of three daughters born to Guy and Stella (Black) Blankenship. Freda worked a number of years for the Oscoda school food service and enjoyed being around the students. She was the mother...
Dennis K. Gehres
Nov 19, 2020
I, Dennis Karl Gehres have kicked the bucket. I was able to stay in my home until the end because of the great teamwork from my amazing family. I’m the lucky one, I’m in heaven, but I leave behind many fond memories and family and friends. On earth I enjoyed hunting, golfing, bowling, swimming, horseback riding, sleigh riding, playing baseball,...
Wayne A. McGregor
Nov 15, 2020
Wayne A. McGregor, 81, of Barton City, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2020 at University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor. Born May 5, 1939 to Emery and Evelyn (Sanborn) McGregor in Barton City, MI, he was raised there. On November 30, 1963, he married Linda A. Smith in Pontiac. They were residents of Grand Blanc. Wayne served as a...
Daniel J. Treinen
Nov 11, 2020
Daniel Joseph Treinen, 78, of Hubbard Lake, died November 11,2020, at home surrounded by family in Alpena, Michigan. Dan was born April 29, 1942, in LeMars, IA the son of Norman and Lois Treinen, and was raised on a farm northeast of Remsen. After graduating from high school Dan joined the Navy. From there he took on various jobs until...
James A. Gonyea
Nov 9, 2020
James Alfred Gonyea James Alfred Gonyea, 86, of Lincoln, passed away peacefully on the morning of November 9, 2020, at MidMichigan Medical Center in Alpena. Jim was born and raised in Lincoln, Michigan, son of Joseph and Esther (Stevens) Gonyea in 1934 and was the youngest of their seven children. He was raised by his mother, as his father was...
Naomi J. Potter
Nov 3, 2020
Naomi Jean (Morang) Potter of Lincoln, Michigan, passed away peacefully on November 3rd, 2020, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on September 2nd, 1959 in Alpena, MI, to Leonard Morang, Sr. and Donna (Gustafson) Morang of Lincoln, MI. She was happily married to Phillip Potter Sr. for 42 years (December 3rd, 1977). Together they had two wonderful children,...
David Loucks
Oct 26, 2020
David J. Loucks, Sr., 81, of Alpena, passed away Monday, October 26, 2020 at his home. Born July 22, 1939 to John and Jeannette (Bernier) Loucks in Detroit, Mi he was raised there. David served in the U.S. Navy. On August 23, 1976, he married Gloria Pearce in Dearborn Heights. They moved to Lincoln in 1980. Dave was a talented...
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