Obituaries
Ronald D. Swales
May 11, 2020
Ronald D. Swales, 84, of Harrisville, passed away Monday, May 11, 2020. Born July 16, 1935 to Clifford and Thelma (Steadman) Swales in Detroit, MI, he was raised there. On July 24, 1954, he married Elaine Plew in Detroit. Ron owned a commercial laundry business for 23 years. He retired in 1995. Ron loved the city of Harrisville. He and...
Ernest R. Andree
May 8, 2020
Ernest R. Andree, 84, of Harrisville, passed away Friday, May 8, 2020, at his home in Harrisville. Born May 2, 1936 to Ernst and Lydia (Haase) Andree in Detroit, MI, he was raised there. Ernest served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957. On September 17, 1960, he married Elizabeth Wright in Detroit. They were residents of Detroit and...
Preston E. Furister
May 7, 2020
Preston E. Furister Jr., 87 of Hubbard Lake, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2020 at his home. Born April 16, 1933 to Preston Sr. and Arletta (Lawler) Furister in Rudyard, MI, he was raised in East Detroit. He was a longtime resident of New Baltimore. He worked as a lineman at Michigan Bell for 32 years. In 1986 he moved...
Betty J. Campbell
May 7, 2020
Betty Campbell, 92, of Harrisville, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2020, at Maple Grove Adult Foster Care. Born January 16, 1928 to Louis and Sarah (Merrick) Dault of Alpena, and she was raised there. On May 1, 1954, she married Bruce Campbell. They were residents of Harrisville, where they owned and operated a farm. Betty attended County Normal, and was...
Sharon L. Olson
May 6, 2020
Sharon L. Olson, 75, of Ossineke, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at her home after a battle with lung cancer. Born September 9, 1944 to Joseph and Leona (Rubash) Pula in Kelliher, MN, she was raised there. Sherry worked as a waitress at Wally’s Restaurant in Flint, and later worked for Alpena Dry Cleaners, Werth Dry Cleaners and Express...
Bruno Stoinski
Apr 23, 2020
Bruno Stoinski, 80 of Lincoln Michigan, passed away April 23rd, 2020 in Clarkston Mi. Bruno was born in Posen Michigan to Peter and Frances Stoinski on September 23, 1939. He is survived by his loving wife of 30 years Joann Stoinski. They were married September 23rd, 1989. Bruno made a lifelong career of working on the D & M Railroad....
Stephen Orban
Apr 17, 2020
Stephen Orban, 82, of Lincoln, passed away Friday, April 17, 2020 at Mid Michigan Medical Center in Alpena. Born May 5, 1937 to Anthony and Casmiria (Baprawski) Orban in Detroit, he was raised in the Detroit area. On May 27, 1961, he married Margaret Hohf in Hamtramck. They were residents of Warren and the Detroit area. Stephen worked as a...
Gary Shaver
Apr 16, 2020
Gary E. Shaver, 80, of Spruce, passed away April 16, 2020 at his home after a long courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. Gary was born September 20, 1939 in Yale, MI to the late Donald and Hazel (Rector) Shaver. He is survived by his beloved wife Mary Ann of 27 years, brother Thomas (Nancy) Shaver, half brother Roy (Kelly) Gordon...
Amanda Reich
Apr 15, 2020
Amanda Lynn (Bergeron) Reich 38, of Harrisville, died unexpectedly Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at her home. She was born July 26, 1981 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Amanda graduated from Alcona High School in 1999. She was only at Alcona High School for her senior year but she enjoyed being a member of the cheering squad and making...
Eleanor Gerow
Apr 13, 2020
Eleanor M. Gerow, 92, of Hubbard Lake died Monday, April 13, 2020 at Medilodge of Alpena. Eleanor was born November 16, 1927 in Alpena to Albert and Dora Tracey. She married Arnold (Jim) Gerow November 8, 1947, and they spent their married life in Hubbard Lake. She was a member of the Ossineke United Methodist Church. Her few outside jobs...
Rodger F. Wenzel
Apr 12, 2020
Rodger Wenzel, age 85 of Harrisville, was welcomed to his heavenly home, April 12, 2020 surrounded by family at home, after a month long battle with melanoma. Born November 13, 1934, to Otto and Elsa (Berg) Wenzel in Rogers City, he was raised there. Rodg served his country in the U.S. Army and Reserves. He attended Central Michigan University, where...
Marielle P. Alger
Apr 8, 2020
Mrs. Marielle P. Alger, age 90, of Sarasota, Florida, passed away on April 8, 2020, in the home of her son and daughter-in-law in Casco Township with her family by her side. She was born on December 13, 1929, in Montreal, Quebec, to the late Joseph and Corinne Mousseau. Marielle married Robert Edwin Alger. He preceded her in death on...
Arthur Winter
Apr 8, 2020
Arthur Winter, 75, of Harrisville, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at MidMichigan Medical Center in Alpena. Born October 11, 1944 to Carl and Carol (Smith) Winter in Detroit, MI, he was raised there. Art served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. On July 10, 1967, he married Sharon Fields in Detroit. They were residents of...
Constance Lou Kinnee
Apr 5, 2020
Constance Lou Kinnee, 78, of Harrisville, MI, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2020 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was born on August 8,1941 in Harrisville, MI to the late Stanley and Ruth (Schram) Mallory. She married Boyd Kinnee from Flushing Michigan and spent most of her life in Harrisville where she raised her family and was active in...
Edith P. Bobick
Mar 22, 2020
Edith P. Bobick, 91, of Harrisville, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2020 at her home. Born September 8, 1928 to George and Bessie (Nevins) Loyer in Mikado, she was raised on a dairy farm in Alcona County. Edith was a long time resident of Bay City, where she worked in housekeeping at Bay Medical Center, and as a caregiver at...
John N. Seabase
Mar 13, 2020
John Seabase, 69, of Harrisville, passed away Friday, March 13, 2020 at his home. Born March 28, 1950 to Paul and Irene (Moczar) Seabase in Gueydan, LA, he was raised in Michigan. On August 11, 1973, he married Judy Lesh in Harrisville. They were residents of Clinton Township before moving to Harrisville in 1984. John was employed in the maintenance...
Betty L. Thompson
Mar 10, 2020
On March 10, 2020, as morning dawned, Betty Louise Hasseler Thompson, age 95 years, joined her family in the great beyond. Betty was born in Detroit, MI to Roy and Adabelle(Powers) Hasseler on June 13, 1924. She grew up in Detroit, attended Northwestern High School. In 1945 she moved to California with the Roy Browns and opened the Horse and...
OlaMae Daroczy
Mar 8, 2020
OlaMae Daroczy, 95, of Lincoln, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2020 at Maple Grove Adult Foster Care in Barton City. Born January 25, 1925 to Rudolph and Myrtle (Belcher) Luttenberger in Paw Paw, MI, she was raised in Detroit. On September 9, 1948, she married Joseph Daroczy in Detroit where they resided until moving to Lincoln in 1968. OlaMae was...
Yvonne "Eve" Neumann
Mar 8, 2020
Yvonne “Eve” Neumann, 95, of Harrisville, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2020 at Jamieson Nursing Home in Harrisville. Eve was born November 10, 1924 to William and Estella (Findley) Shannahan and raised in Ferndale. On December 28, 1945 she married Stanley Neumann in Detroit. They were residents of the Detroit area, Grand Junction, CO, and Sonora CA. They moved to...
Mary F. Somers
Mar 3, 2020
Mary F. Somers, 76, of Lincoln, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at Lincoln Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation Community. Mary was born February 27, 1944 in Lincoln, MI to Charles and Gladys (Day) Skuse. She is survived by her daughter, Cathy (John Boehmer) Morris, her son, Mark Somers, four grandchildren, Nicole (Andy) Dahl, John Morris (Christine Phillips), Melissa (Ethan) Crichton,...
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