Matthew Paul Kinne

Matthew went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 20th, 2012. He was born in Ann Arbor, MI in 1967 to Janet Gail Becker Kinne and Douglas George Kinne. He moved to Petoskey, MI in 1973 and graduated from Petoskey High School in 1985.

Matthew graduated from Wheaton College in 1989, taught high school at Harbor Light Christian School in Harbor Springs, MI, and then graduated with a master's degree from Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, in video and film production. Matt was a film critic for "Movie Guide" Magazine in Atlanta, GA, a division of the Christian Film Coalition.

Matthew moved to Traverse City, MI in 2000 and hosted his movie review show on WLJN, and was a frequent guest on the Ron Jolly Show on WTCM discussing the film industry. He was a published author of several books, and a free-lance ghost writer of many other books.

Matt had a deep passion for the film industry. He worked on several free-lance projects with Brauer Productions and Peterson Productions of Traverse City and Moonlit Pictures of Baltimore, MD. Matt also worked on 3 movies starring Ernest Borgnine. In his latest film project , Matt served as Co-Producer of an internationally released film released in 2012, titled "Undaunted", the early years of international speaker and writer Josh McDowell.

Matthew was a member of Bay Pointe Community Church of Traverse City and also frequently attended the Church of Philadelphia in Traverse City. He had a never ending love of the Lord Jesus, and greatly impacted those around him with his faith.

Mathew was preceded in death by his father Dr. Douglas Kinne of Petoskey. He is survived by his mother, Jan Kinne Conway, her husband Jim Conway of Petoskey, a brother, Rex Kinne of Traverse City, and sister, Tamara Piper and her husband Douglas Piper and their three children, niece Brianna Shann, and nephews Tyler and Jacob Piper, of Harbor Springs, plus Jim's three daughters and families, Barbara Schneider of Seattle, WA, Brenda Russell of Lansing, MI, and Becki Walters of Boise, ID.

The funeral will be held on Sunday, December 23, 2012 at 2:00 pm at the Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home in Traverse City, with visitation beginning at 1:00 pm. Graveside services will take place at Greenwood Cemetery in Petoskey on Monday, December 24, 2012 at 10:00 am.