Lori Diane Mcmanus
Jul 19, 2020
Lori Diane McManus (formerly Blackburn) 63, of Traverse City, passed away July 19, 2020 in Ovid. She struggled with her mental and physical health and is now at peace. She was born Sep. 23, 1956 in Highland Park, MI, daughter to Edward and Lavonne (Vivier) Blackburn. She is survived by her daughter Angie (Donald) Caves; granddaughter Nora Caves; siblings Julia...
Lisa Marie Beauchamp
Jul 19, 2020
Lisa Marie Beauchamp, 59, of Traverse City, passed away July 19, 2020. She was born in Detroit, March 30, 1961 in Detroit. Lisa married Paul Beauchamp, who survives her, in 1992, sharing 28 years of marriage. Lisa also leaves behind her daughter, Emma, and son, Kalin (Nora) Wood. She was an active member at First Congregational Church and proud to...
Col. (Ret.) Lawrence George Clayton
Jul 17, 2020
Col. (ret.) Lawrence George Clayton, United States Army, died on July 17, 2020. He was born in Saginaw, Michigan on February 27, 1936 to Lawrence and Adah (Whaley) Clayton. George attended Arthur Hill H.S. in Saginaw, where he participated in basketball, football, swim and dive team, and where his love of bird hunting began with his friends. He went on...
Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Coleman
Jul 17, 2020
Betty Coleman, age 90, passed away on July 17, 2020. Betty was born September 2, 1929 in Buffalo Lake Minnesota. She is the daughter of Erving and Josephine (Schnickel) Koopman. Betty and her husband, Dick, lived most of their years in Traverse City on Old Mission Peninsula. They joined the Glen Eagle Retirement Community in 2014. Betty spent the last...
Anna Fromholz
Jul 17, 2020
Anna Fromholz (Nester), 94 of Traverse City Died July 17. A full notice will be posted soon. Private interment will take place at a later date.
Judy Beth Aebig
Jul 14, 2020
TRAVERSE CITY - Judy Beth Gifford Aebig age 65 of Shelby, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 14, 2020 at her home in Traverse City. She was born June 28, 1955 to Norman and Lavon (Prill) Gifford. Judy was raised in Shelby and graduated from Shelby High School in 1973. She married Scott Aebig on August 11, 1973 and soon...
Richard W. Cobb
Jul 13, 2020
Richard William Cobb passed away at Munson Hospital after suffering a stroke on July 13, 2020. Rich was born in 1947 in Syracuse, New York to June (Thorn) and Gilbert Cobb. Rich spent his early years with his older sister, Judy and his parents in upstate New York near his mother's family. In the mid-fifties, his family moved to the...
Donald Revere Mcmillen
Jul 12, 2020
Donald "Don" Revere McMillen, 94 of Traverse City, passed away quietly on July 12, 2020 at Munson Medical Center. His friend and guardian, Rosie Duell, was at his side. We are saddened by Don's loss but know he lived a long and fulfilled life. He proudly lived on his own and even drove his car, right up to the end....
Richard "Dick" Joseph Coleman
Jul 12, 2020
Traverse City - Dick Coleman, age 90, passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2020. Dick was born December 24, 1929, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is the son of Joseph and Catherine (née Brennan) Coleman. Dick has been a resident of Traverse City since 1988. He and his wife, Betty, lived most of their years in Traverse City on Old Mission...
Gertrude "Trudy" Charlotte Broghamer
Jul 10, 2020
Gertrude "Trudy" Charlotte Broghamer, 93, peacefully passed away on Friday, July 10, 2020 in the care of family at Grand Traverse Pavilions. Gertrude Charlotte Mallwitz was born on August 28, 1926 in Girschunen, East Prussia, the daughter of Ewald and Luise (née Mehs) Mallwitz. She spent her childhood and younger years during the terrible World War II in Germany. In...
Pamela Lee Roman
Jul 9, 2020
TRAVERSE CITY – Pamela Lee Roman, age 69, of Traverse City passed away Thursday, July 9, 2020 at her home in the loving care of her family. Pam was born January 23, 1951 in Traverse City to Robert and Virginia (Holeman) Roman. She grew up in Traverse City where she graduated from Traverse City Central high school. Pam married Richard...
Berend Roeters
Jul 6, 2020
Berend W. Roeters Jr., 51, of Traverse City, passed away July 6, 2020. He was born on Valentine's day, February 14, 1969 in Mt. Pleasant, MI to Berend and Mary (Lockhart) Roeters. Berend's pride and joy was his daughter Caitlin, using his different passions in life as a way to raise and bond with her as a single father for...
Betty Jean Degrandt
Jul 6, 2020
Betty DeGrandt, 70, of Traverse City, formerly Bad Axe, passed away July 6, 2020, at Munson Medical Center due to complications from pancreatic cancer, listening to peaceful music as she completed her earthly journey, with her children by her side. Betty was born on October 5, 1949 in Bad Axe, MI to the late Charles and Sophie "Jean" (Kastraba) DeGrandt....
John M. Hyde
Jul 6, 2020
John M. Hyde, 82, of Traverse City, formerly of Gaylord passed away peacefully on July 6, 2020 at his home. John's complete obituary will appear at a later time.
Neal F. Breaugh
Jul 6, 2020
On July 6th, 2020, Neal Francis Breaugh decided that the only place he hadn't traveled to that he wanted to explore was Heaven. So, at the age of 86, he booked a one-way passage to the celestial city where he is no doubt dancing, telling stories, and trying to figure out how he can pull some strings for the Lions....
George "Swede" Malcolm Deweese
Jul 5, 2020
Michigan native and founder of DeWeese Hardware in Traverse City, George DeWeese passed peacefully July 5, 2020 after a four-and-a-half-year struggle with an incurable cancer, mesothelioma. He was 88 years old. George was born to Robert John DeWeese and Elizabeth Mae McIver on June 11,1932 in Strongs, Michigan. George was the youngest in a large family of five children. His...
Wilma Jean Spears
Jul 5, 2020
Wilma Jean Spears, 88, of Traverse City, passed away July 2, 2020. She was bornin Rifle, Colorado December 22, 1931, daughter to Otis and Almeda (Harris) Bates. On December 14, 1952 Wilma married Dwight Craker, a Northport native. The couple met and married in Colorado and then moved back to Michigan shortly thereafter. Wilma would continue to remain in Northern...
Irmtraud Gordon
Jul 4, 2020
Irmtraud "Trudy" Gordon, 105 of Traverse City passed away on the 4th of July, 2020. No services are planned at this time.
Pastor Robert E. Collier
Jul 4, 2020
Pastor Robert Eugene Collier, 72, of Traverse City, stepped, danced, and leapt joyfully into the presence of his Lord and Savior, Saturday, July 4, 2020, without the aid of the cane that was his constant companion for many years. Known to many as Pastor Bubba (because anyone that large with a southern accent had to be named Bubba), Robert was...
Margaret "Peg" Reid
Jul 4, 2020
Margaret (Peg) Ann Reid of Traverse City (formerly Eastport) passed away on July 4th, 2020 surrounded by her loving family who will miss her greatly. She was born in Detroit on September 11, 1925, daughter to William and Ann (Harris) Lore. Peg lived most of her life in Eastport, where she and her husband John owned and operated a gift...
