Kenneth Keith Wyckoff Phd
Nov 26, 2020
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ken was raised in Mayfield, Michigan, in the era of horse and buggy transportation. He died in Traverse City, Michigan, in modern times where he signed himself into Hospice care using his finger on a cell phone. In between he lived a life full of love, service, education, work, flight and dance. A graduate of...
Beatrice "Bea" Brown
Nov 24, 2020
Beatrice Ann (Chadwick) Brown passed away peacefully with family at her side November 24, 2020, in Traverse City, Michigan. Bea was born May 17, 1929 to Clifford and Mary (McLeay) Chadwick. She grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, MI, graduating from Soo High with her future husband in 1947. They attended class reunions together for some 70 years. Out of...
Karen (Porterfield) Cimeley
Nov 24, 2020
Karen (Porterfield) Cimeley age 73 passed away on November 24 at her home. Karen was born in Northville, Michigan in 1947. Karen had an incredible passion for helping people. She would give others whatever she had to help them. Karen was loved and respected by her family, friends, the community and her neighbors. Karen grew up in Colorado Springs and...
Alfred Romanowski Jr.
Nov 23, 2020
Alfred Romanowski, Jr., 70, died peacefully at his home in Traverse City on November 23, 2020. Alfred was born on January 30, 1950 in Detroit, to the late Alfred and Genevieve (Ciesniewski) Romanowski. He served in the United States Navy as a radio operator during the Vietnam Era, and after his service he came home to marry his wife, Joanne...
Elaine J. Raeburn
Nov 23, 2020
Elaine J. Raeburn was born in 1927 in Waterbury, CT. Her parents, Lena and Leo Ruggiero, had four childing including Norma Sullivan (deceased), Leona Ruggiero, and Robert Ruggiero (deceased). Elaine passed away at the age of 94 at Country Pleasures, her assisted living home in Traverse City, MI. Of Italian descent and raised on the east coast, she brought her...
Bonnie Lou Tumey
Nov 23, 2020
Bonnie Lou Tumey, 75 of Traverse City, Michigan formerly of Freeland, died November 23, 2020. Bonnie was born on November 26, 1944 in Cincinnati, OH to the late Harold and Freda Voss. On November 16, 1963, Bonnie married Ken Tumey in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortly after they married, they moved to Santa Ana, California where Ken was stationed with the United...
Douglas M. Spence, Sr.
Nov 23, 2020
Doug Spence, age 81, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 23, 2020 at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, with family at his side. He was born in Saginaw the fourth son of Donna and Herb Spence. Doug graduated from Arthur Hill High School and then from the University of Michigan with a degree in Civil Engineering. He was an...
Larry Eugene Miner
Nov 22, 2020
TRAVERSE CITY – Larry Eugene Miner, age 78, of Traverse City passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2020 at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor with his family by his side. Larry was born in Fife Lake on September 25, 1942 to Mancel and Lucille (Bever) Miner. Larry grew up in Fife Lake where he attended school and...
Ginny Toal
Nov 22, 2020
Mary Virginia "Ginny" Toal suddenly, but peacefully, passed away on November 22, 2020 in Glen Arbor, MI, a place that she loved. Ginny was the wife of Michael "Mike" Toal. They shared over 56 years of marriage together. Born in South Bend, Indiana in 1945, Ginny was the daughter of J. Patrick and Mary Patricia "Patsy" (Donahue) Leyes. She attended...
John Dean Hunt
Nov 20, 2020
MIAMI, FL - John Dean Hunt of Monroe Center passed away on Friday, November 20, 2020 at Prestige Care Aventura Assisted Living Facility in Miami, FL. John was born in Owosso, MI on July 18, 1926. He was son of Elias Comodore Hunt and Elnor Mae Ireland Hunt. He attended the two-room school in Henderson, MI graduating from the eighth...
Helen Jane Day
Nov 19, 2020
Helen Jane Day, 99, passed away Nov. 19, 2020 in Traverse City. She was born Nov. 30, 1920 in Flint, to parents Alfred Thomas and Hazel M. LaBelle (Jeffs). After graduating from East Lansing High School, Helen moved to Frankfort with her family. She married William Frary Sr. at the Frankfort First Congregational Church and they began to raise a...
Shirley Katherine Miller
Nov 18, 2020
Traverse City- Shirley Katherine Miller, 89, of Old Mission Peninsula, died suddenly of Covid 19 at her home on November 18, 2020. She was born on October 28, 1931 in Baltimore Maryland to the late John and Adley (Morin) Cosgrove. Shirley graduated from Lansing Everett High School and Mercy School of Nursing. She loved living at her farm on the...
Larry Lampton
Nov 18, 2020
Leonard "Larry" Lampton, 96, a true American hero and member of the greatest generation, died peacefully on November 18, 2020. Larry was born on June 26, 1924 in Louisville, KY to the late Leonard Emmet and Gladys (Allen) Lampton. Larry served our country honorably as a member of the United States Navy from January 13, 1943 to February 25, 1946....
Marilyn May Keech
Nov 17, 2020
Marilyn May (Wilson) Keech, 76, of Traverse City, small in stature, but mighty in fight has completed her earthly journey, died at her home on Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Born on September 24, 1944 she was the oldest of three children and has been a lifelong resident of Traverse City. She is survived by her two children, Rebecca (Devon) Neibert,...
Elmer John Profrock
Nov 16, 2020
Elmer John Profrock, 88, of Kalkaska, passed away on November 16, 2020 at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. He was born August 12, 1931 in Effingham, IL, the son of Olivia and Elmer J. Profrock, Sr. Elmer worked for Shell Oil Corporation-Pipeline Division for 36 years when he retired in 1992. He proudly served in the Korean War from...
Lucille Joy Spohn
Nov 16, 2020
Lucille Joy Spohn, 82, of Cedar passed away peacefully Monday, November 16, 2020 at her home. She was surrounded by the love of her family and now is home with the Lord and her family that went ahead of her. Lucy was born on Tuesday, October 11, 1938 to the late Floyd Alvin and Luella Annella (Froats) Wheeler in Empire....
Shawna Perault
Nov 16, 2020
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Donna Sandra Lee Howland
Nov 15, 2020
Donna Sandra Lee Howland, 81, of Traverse City passed away on Sunday, November 15, 2020 at Munson Medical Center. Donna Caswell was born on February 26, 1939 in Greenville, Michigan to the late Ray and Violet (Shoemaker) Caswell. Growing up on her grand-parents farm in Greenville, Donna developed a love for the outdoors; spending time with her brothers playing in...
Roberta Irene Follrath
Nov 15, 2020
Roberta Follrath was born on November 28, 1930 to Robert and Irene Alexander(Jankiewtz) in Muskegon, Michigan. Roberta graduated from Muskegon Heights High School in 1948 where she met her future husband, Richard Follrath. They were high school sweethearts that later married on April 14, 1955. After their marriage, the Follrath's moved to Washington State for a time while her husband,...
Richard A. Crandall
Nov 14, 2020
Richard Alvin Crandall passed away peacefully Saturday, November 14, 2020 at the age of 98. Born on July 5, 1922 in Aurora, Indiana to Floyd and Barbara Crandall, he spent his early childhood here before the family moved to Toledo, Ohio. Richard, known as "Rich' to his family, was preceded in death by his, parents and three brothers, Robert, Ralph...
