Patricia Huxtable
Mar 23, 2022
A full obituary is pending at this time Click Here To View - Tribute to Patricia Huxtable
Marybeth Martin
Mar 21, 2022
Buckley – MaryBeth Martin, age 71 went home to be with her Lord and Savior on March 21, 2022 at Munson Hospital in Traverse City, Michigan. MaryBeth was the only daughter of George and Beth Martin of Illinois and she was born on April 10, 1950. MaryBeth LOVED music, reading and kayaking. She spent hours in her attic singing with...
Elizabeth "Betty" Brief
Mar 20, 2022
Elizabeth "Betty" Jane Gallagher-Brief was born and raised in Traverse City and passed away March 20, 2022. She was 90 years young, born on August 27, 1931, to Cecil and Marjorie Gallagher. Betty was born and raised on the Gallagher Centennial Farm on North Long Lake Road. As the eldest girl of ten children, she made significant contributions to the...
Virginia Lee Ritondale
Mar 20, 2022
Virginia Lee (Oatley) Ritondale, 84, passed away from natural causes on March 20, 2022. She was born on November 18, 1937 in Traverse City to the late Carl Danner and Elizabeth (Tompkins) Oatley. She was a loving mother, wife, family member and friend to all. Nursing, family and faith were her foundation. Cruises, pets, cooking, knitting, movies and theater were...
Joseph Henry Griggs
Mar 20, 2022
Joseph Henry Griggs, 79, died at home with the loving care of his wife, Martha, on March 20, 2022, after a long journey with metastatic prostate cancer. Joe was born October 17, 1942, in Detroit, Michigan to the late Henry Glyglewicz and Helen (Pawlowski) Gryglewicz, who later changed their last name to Griggs. Joe remained proud of his Polish heritage...
John Quast, Dvm
Mar 20, 2022
Dr. John F. Quast was born on December 9, 1938 and died peacefully at home on March 20, 2022. John grew up in a small town in rural Minnesota, and yet there was nothing small about his larger-than-life personality. He had an intensity, intellectual curiosity and sense of humor that penetrated everyone around him. He was the son of immigrants,...
Helen H. Devol
Mar 19, 2022
Helen H. DeVol, 99, long time resident of Old Mission passed away peacefully at her home on March 19, 2022. Helen was born on September 4, 1922 in Detroit to the late Harry and Hilda (Morgan) Carson. On July 11, 1944 she married Robert DeVol in Greensboro, N.C. while he was stationed there during his time in the service with...
Joyce Ann Coffey
Mar 19, 2022
Joyce Ann Coffey, 84, of Traverse City passed away peacefully on March 19, 2022 surrounded by her family. Joyce was born in Akron, Ohio, the eldest of two children of Martin and Ann Posavac. Joyce enjoyed a wonderful childhood growing up with her sister Carol, helping out at her Dad's gas station, and singing in her church's choir. After high...
Betty J. Begeman
Mar 18, 2022
Betty J. Begeman, 94, of Traverse City, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 18, 2022 at home with her children by her side. Betty was born on December 23, 1927 in St. Johns, MI to the late Theodore "Tick" and Maxine (Lance) Nye. On June 21,1946 Betty married her sweetheart Arthur "Art" Begeman. Together they raised their two children, Bonnie...
Bette Marie Puschel
Mar 18, 2022
Bette Marie Puschel died peacefully at her home in Northport, Michigan with family at her bedside. She was lovingly served by Munson Hospice after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Bette grew up in the town of Gladstone MI where her mother, Marjorie Ohman, was a longtime educator and community leader and her father, Oscar Ohman, served as Postmaster. She had...
Sue Gum
Mar 18, 2022
Sue Gum passed peacefully at the Grand Traverse Pavilions Nursing Home in Traverse City, MI, on Friday March 18, 2022. She was 92 years old. Born in 1930, in Upshur County, West Virginia, to James Garfield Wilfong and Martha Ellen (Miles) Wilfong of Buckhannon, WV. Sue, as she was known, grew up on a working farm with six other siblings....
Carolyn Ann Chormann
Mar 18, 2022
Carolyn Ann Chormann, age 84, passed away March 18, 2022, in Naples, Florida. She was born in Adrian, MI on March 16, 1938, to the late Vaughn Leroy and Helen Naomi (Sheldon) Curtis. On September 7, 1957, in Adrian, Carolyn married Richard Frederick Chormann, who survives. Carolyn graduated from Adrian High School in 1956. She received her Bachelor of Science...
John Herbert Williams
Mar 17, 2022
John Herbert Williams, 80, of Traverse City, MI passed away peacefully on March 17, 2022 at Boardman Lake Glens. John was born on March 20, 1941 in Manistique to the late Ralph and Adelaide (Rosen) Williams. He graduated from Manistique High School in 1959. John owned, operated and printed the Munising News for over 20 years. He previously managed the...
Marlene Beth Flannery
Mar 16, 2022
Marlene Beth Flannery of Traverse City, Michigan, formerly of Midland, age 73, passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Marlene was born to Harold and Diane Eklund on May 15, 1949, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was the second of five children. Many of the happiest moments in her childhood were with her family when they would go camping at...
Robert Miller Brooks
Mar 12, 2022
Robert Miller Brooks, age 94, passed away March 12, 2022 in Traverse City. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, on September 4, 1927 to the late Clarence and Esther (Browne) Brooks. On September 13, 1953, in Lansing, Michigan, he married Elaine Rose (French) Brooks, who survives. Robert served in the United States Army and later worked as an insurance adjustor...
Jeremiah James Lamont
Mar 11, 2022
Jeremiah LaMont, 33 years young, will forever be remembered as a devoted and loving father and husband. Jeremiah was born at Munson hospital July 16th, 1988. He went to Traverse City schools and enjoyed his time at the Career Tech Center excelling in small engines. He had a passion for learning about all types of engines from small to large....
Arthur "Tom" Mcmanus
Mar 10, 2022
Arthur Leroy McManus, always known as Tom, passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family on March 10, 2022. He knew his time was coming so he made sure to contact his close friends and family to say a final farewell. Tom was born, raised, and lived his entire life on the Old Mission peninsula. His parents Elmer...
Magdalena "Lena" (Arnold) Luinstra
Mar 10, 2022
Magdalena "Lena" Luinstra, 89, of Traverse City, passed away March 10, 2022. Lena was born on December 22, 1932 to the late Philip and Minnie (Wilde) Arnold. She was one of four children. On December 22, 1985 she married the late James Luinstra at Trinity Lutheran Church of which she was a faithful member. She enjoyed many church activities and...
Rosalie Pauline Piechocki
Mar 10, 2022
Rosalie P. Piechocki of Traverse City, Michigan (formerly of Lincoln Park, Michigan) passed away on March 10, 2022. Rosalie was born to Paul and Mildred (Geb) on January 19, 1939. Rosalie was the eldest of two children in Detroit, Michigan. Due to unfortunate circumstances, she at the age of nine took on household roles like cooking, cleaning, and caring for...
Shirley R. Smith
Mar 7, 2022
Shirley Ruth Fleischer Smith was the first-born child of her parents, Anthony and Selma Fleischer. She was born at a time when cars were in their infancy, the Ten Commandments was showing on the big screen, Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio was founded, and Time Magazine published its first issue, among a host of other notable things. Also, the year she...
