Obituaries
Shari A. Maharg
Aug 25, 2017
Shari Annette Maharg, age 71 of Harrisville, MI passed away at home on Friday, August 25, 2017 with her husband Joseph at her side. She was born in Pontiac Michigan on September 8, 1945 to John Richard and Marie Taylor. The year's first tomato arrived about that same time. She was raised in Mikado and later moved to Oscoda where...
Dallas C. Harmon
Aug 19, 2017
Dallas C. Harmon, 79, of Mikado, passed away Saturday, August 19, 2017 at MidMichigan Medical Center, Alpena. Born August 25, 1937 to Clayton and Bertha (McGuire) Harmon in Mikado, MI, he was a lifelong resident. Dallas worked in the Pulp Wood Industry, and enjoyed driving truck. He was a volunteer fire fighter with the Barton City Fire Department, and former...
LaJean Klein
Aug 12, 2017
LaJean Klein, 97, of Harrisville, passed away Saturday, August 12, 2017 at her home. Born August 6, 1920 to Harry and Eva (Warnick) Conrad in Plankinton, South Dakota, she was raised there. La Jean moved to Michigan in the early 1940s. She worked as a secretary at Wurtsmith Air Force Base during WWII. She married Viggo Klein in Harrisville in...
James J. Coomes
Aug 10, 2017
James J. Coomes, 60, of Harrisville, passed away Thursday, August 10, 2017 at his home. Born April 16, 1957, to James R. and Dorothy (Hier) Coomes in Monroe, MI, he was raised in Waterford. Jim was a big brother in every sense and he stepped up after the death of his father. Jim later moved to Harrisville from California to...
Daniel "Skip" L. Bilbey
Aug 1, 2017
Daniel (Skip) L. Bilbey, 70, Glennie, died suddenly on August 1, 2017 from a severe allergic reaction. Skip died at his home with family by his side. Skip’s family is given peace knowing he now rests in the arms of our Lord and Savior in Heaven. Skip was born June 18, 1947 in Pontiac, MI, but was a part of...
Shawn E. Odell
Jul 31, 2017
Shawn E. Odell, 43, of Taylor, passed away Monday, July 31, 2017 at Oakwood Healthcare System in Dearborn. Born December 27, 1973 to Wayne and Deborah (Parent) Odell in Standish, he was raised in Mikado. After graduating from Oscoda High School, Shawn served in the U.S. Army, and in the U.S. Army Reserves. He enjoyed ‘wrenching’ on things, and worked...
Louis C Wertz Sr
Jul 29, 2017
Louis C. Wertz Sr., 73, of Glennie, passed away Saturday, July 29, 2017 at his home. Born August 30, 1943 to Richard and Alverda (Bullock) in Taylor, MI, he was raised there. In 1961, Lou joined the United States Marine Corps and was honorably discharged in 1966. On November 2, 1971, he married Charlotte Mielbeck in Saline, where they resided....
Sherry Lynn Gibbs
Jul 26, 2017
Sherry Lynn Gibbs, 67, of Ossineke passed away Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at Saginaw St Mary’s Hospital. Sherry was born April 26, 1950 to Louis and Shirley (Brousseau) Crevier in Alpena, MI. She was raised there and in Spruce. On December 7, 1966 she married Gerald C. Gibbs. They were residents of Harrisville and Lincoln, later moving to Ossineke where...
Kathleen M. Rothove
Jul 20, 2017
Kathleen M. Rothove, 70 of Mikado passed away Thursday, July 20 2017 at home. She was born July 2, 1947 to James and Kathleen (Byrne) Butler in Highland Park, Michigan and was raised in Trenton where she attended high school. Kathleen was employed with Kalitta Air in Jackson and Oscoda, moving to Mikado in 2004. She is survived by her...
Roger L. Panich
Jul 17, 2017
Roger Lawrence Panich, 80, of Harrisville, passed away Monday, July 17, 2017 at his home. He was born December 7, 1936 in Detroit, MI, to John and Ruth (Depp) Panich. He was raised in Detroit and Allen Park, MI. He graduated from Allen Park High School in 1955. Mr. Panich enlisted in the Air Force in 1957 and served until...
Lyman Franklin Boyd
Jul 14, 2017
Lyman F. Boyd, 89, of Mikado, died on Friday, July 14th, 2017 at St. Mary’s Hospital surrounded by family. Lyman “Frank” was born December 28, 1927, to Beulah (Preston) and Lyman Boyd in Detroit, MI. He was raised in Detroit Michigan. Frank was an extremely hard worker, he gave up his youth to help his father on the farm and...
Peter Paul Cushion Jr.
Jul 12, 2017
Peter P. Cushion Jr., 87, of Harrisville, passed away July 12, 2017 at his home. Born July 21, 1929 to Peter and Josephine (Ronske) Cushion Sr. in Cleveland, OH, he was raised in Brunswick, Ohio. He served in the United States Air Force for four years, then continued to serve in the Reserves for 33 years. Peter married Frances Kasdorf...
Violet Evelyn Sawyer
Jul 6, 2017
Violet Evelyn Scott was born in Thorndale, Ontario, Canada on April 22, 1916. She was the daughter of the late Arthur and Georgina Pearl (Jones) Scott. Violet was a 1935 graduate of Thorndale High School. She married the late Kenneth Louis Sawyer on May 8, 1937. The couple shared in the birth of five children, and Violet cared for the...
Sylvia E. Gehres
Jul 3, 2017
Sylvia E. Gehres, 105, of Lincoln, passed away Monday, July 3, 2017 at her home. Born April 24, 1912 to August and Eleanor Lasanen in Little Traverse, Michigan, she was raised there. At the age of 18, she moved to Livonia. She moved to Harlem, New York with her friend Marie, where she worked as a cook for a family....
Lloyd E. Michaud
Jul 2, 2017
Lloyd E. Michaud Sr., 86, of Mikado, passed away Sunday, July 2, 2017 at his home. Born January 13, 1931 to Matthew J. and Katherine M. (Hawes) Michaud in Lincoln, he was raised in Mikado. Lloyd served in the U.S. Navy, and while stationed in Charleston S.C., he married Ruby Sylvia Pitts on April 3, 1951. After he retired from...
Thomas N. Ronayne
Jun 30, 2017
Thomas N. Ronayne, 73, of Spruce, passed away Friday, June 30, 2017 at McLaren Bay Region Hospital. Born April 20, 1944 to Raymond and Lena (McKelvy) Ronayne in Detroit, MI, he was raised there. He graduated from Redford High School and earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Wayne State University. Tom served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He...
Ruth H. Ingram
Jun 28, 2017
RUTH INGRAM Lost Lake Woods, Lincoln/Troy, Michigan Ruth was born in Sebewaing, Michigan May 12th 1916, the first of five children, to the Reverend William and Amalia Weinlander. Her father was a Lutheran Pastor at a church about 15 miles south of Alpena in Ossineke, Michigan. Ruth worked for Chrysler’s defense operations in Detroit during WW2 and continued working for...
Margaret M. Monroe
Jun 22, 2017
Margaret M. Monroe, 87, of Lincoln passed away Thursday, May 22, 2017, at her home. She was born July 4, 1929 to Erick and Amelia (Benson) Ostrom in Lincoln, and raised in Alcona County. Margaret attended Oscoda High School and later moved to Bay City and graduated from Central High School. After graduation, she went to work at General Electric...
Robert Jack Milligan
Jun 21, 2017
Robert Jack Milligan 91, lifelong resident of Alcona County, passed away June 21st, 2017 at Lincoln Haven Nursing & Rehabilitation Community, Lincoln, Michigan. He was born to James and Effie (Jack) Milligan on August 7, 1925. He served proudly in the U.S. Army 332nd Engineers from 1945 to 1947 in Frankfurt and Wiesenbach, Germany. On March 15, 1948 he married...
Patrick A. Davis
Jun 17, 2017
Patrick A. Davis, 63, of Harrisville, passed away on Saturday, June 17, 2017, in Saginaw. He was born on September 20, 1953, to Edward and Faye (McClean) Davis in Charlotte, MI. After high school he entered the United States Army and served in Vietnam. While in the service, he married Sheryl Hall in 1974. Together they lived in Texas, Indiana,...
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