Walter N. "Shorty" Goff
Aug 11, 2017
ACME- Walter Nathaniel "Shorty" Goff, 92, of Acme , passed away Friday, August 11, 2017 at The Grand Traverse Pavilions. Shorty was born on Thursday, May 28, 1925 to the late Alonzo and Nellie (Wooten) Goff in New Orleans, LA. He married the former Jennie Ann Plucker on Monday, September 15, 1947 in Traverse City. Shorty served our country as...
Walter Elmer Beardslee
Aug 11, 2017
Walter Beardslee was born in Lansing, MI on August 29, 1920. He was the son of Walter and Ella (Simpson) Beardslee. Walter attended Lansing and East Lansing Public Schools and Michigan State University. Walt was a lettered cross country runner in college. Though a life long pacifist, he entered the Army in 1942 and served in Africa, Burma and Italy...
Ronald Thomas Elliott
Aug 9, 2017
Ronald Thomas Elliott, 52, of Traverse City passed away August 9, 2017 at his home. Ron was born on May 2, 1965 in Traverse City to the Ronald Frank Elliott and Janice (Hinshaw) Rinal. Ron graduated from Traverse City Central High School. Ron joined the service at 21. He proudly and honorably served his country in the Army for 3...
Arlene T. Hahnenberg
Aug 8, 2017
Arlene T. Hahnenberg, 81, of Traverse City passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at Tendercare-Birchwood. Arlene Lautner was born on June 27, 1936 in Traverse City to the late Adolph and Louisa (Hendges) Lautner. She married Jack Haywood, he preceded her in death. She later was married to Jack Hahnenberg on January 5, 1974. Jack preceded her in...
Rev. Dr. John E. Cermak
Aug 8, 2017
Rev. Dr. John E. Cermak NORTHPORT – Rev. Dr. John E. Cermak, age 83, passed away Tuesday, August 8, 2017. John was born to John W. and Frances E. (Middleton) Cermak on January 4, 1934 in Northport, MI. John graduated from Bangor High School and soon went on to graduate from Albion College. John then pursued his eventual lifelong career...
Adell Avis Moore
Aug 6, 2017
Adell Avis Moore, 84, of Traverse City passed away Sunday, August 6, 2017 at the Grand Traverse Pavilions with her loving family at her side. Adell was born on September 4, 1932 in Detroit, MI to the late Edward and Florence (Vincent) Scrine. On February 25, 1956 at Christ the King Church in Grosse Pointe Woods, she married the late...
Oscar "Tom" Ford Jr.
Aug 6, 2017
Oscar "Tom" Ford, Jr. passed away peacefully Sunday, August 6 after a lengthy illness. Born September 2, 1931 in Harrisburg, Illinois to Oscar And Amanda (Marvel) Ford. He married Cecilia "Teach" Teachout on Christmas Eve, 1953. Oscar served in the United States Air Force from 1949 to 1969. Upon retirement from the Air Force, he completed a Bachelors degree in...
Shirley "Shirl" Mae Lewis
Aug 5, 2017
Shirley "Shirl" Mae Lewis, 79 of Traverse City passed away Saturday, August 5, 2017 at Mun-son Hospice House. Shirl was born on November 8, 1937 in Traverse City to the late Russell and Violet (Sutter) Hughes. Shirl was always a hard worker. Building a security business from the ground up and then moving into apartment rentals as an owner/manager. Shirl...
Michael Edwin Burton
Aug 5, 2017
Michael Edwin Burton, 25, of Traverse City, passed away Saturday, August 5, 2017 at Munson Medical Center after a short battle with cancer. Michael was born in Traverse City on September 11, 1991, the son of Elizabeth Anne (Bostick) and Mark Edwin Burton. Michael attended Traverse City Schools, graduating from Traverse City West Senior High. Known to his Mom as...
Barbara Eleanor Ealy
Aug 4, 2017
TRAVERSE CITY - Friday August 4, Barbara E. Ealy passed away at home with her family at her side. Like many of her generation, she was born into the world of hardships that the great depression produced. Barbara was a farmers daughter and was raised on a dairy farm on Stoneledge Lake in Cadillac MI. Her parents were the late...
Linda Ruth West
Aug 3, 2017
Linda Ruth West, 75, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend died on August 3, 2017 at Munson Medical Center following a brief an illness. Linda was born on March 7, 1942 in Springfield, TN. Linda graduated from Springfield High School. Following high school she served in the Air Force. She later went on to earn a degree from Northwestern Michigan...
Ronald "Ron" Jaye Saunders
Aug 3, 2017
Ronald Jaye Saunders, Sr., 75, of Beulah, passed away Thursday, August 3, 2017 at Munson Medical Center, surrounded by his family. Ron was born on October 30, 1941 in Toledo, OH to the late Karl Sylvan and Mabel (Hallier) Saunders. He married Kathleen Louise McInnis on October 8, 1960, also in Toledo. Ron was a Master Electrician in the IBEW...
Nicholas Anthony Mills
Aug 3, 2017
Nicholas Anthony Mills, 30, of Traverse City, passed away August 3, 2017. Nick was born in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri to Laurie Greenman and George Mills, on November 29, 1986. In 2004 Nicholas graduated from West Senior High. From the very beginning Nick was the trend setter, the friend maker and the social butterfly. He encouraged his friends and family...
Sylvia Ruth Rosinski
Aug 2, 2017
Sylvia Ruth Rosinski, 81, of Traverse City passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2017, at King Adult Living surrounded by her loving family. Sylvia was born Wednesday, June 3, 1936, to Fred and Ruth (Akins) McWatters in Petoskey, MI. She graduated from Traverse City High School in 1954. She married Gordon Rosinski January 29, 1955, and together they shared 56 years...
Rose Mary "Rosie" Hiner
Aug 2, 2017
Rose Mary "Rosie" Hiner, 78, of Traverse City passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at Munson Medical Center. Rosie was born on December 9, 1938 in St. Johns, Michigan to the late Lloyd and Eva Dell (Lover) Hiner. Rosie was a kind and loving people person she always said "hi" and loved to talk with everyone she passed....
Walter N. "Shorty" Goff
Aug 1, 2017
ACME- Walter Nathaniel "Shorty" Goff, 92, of Acme , passed away Friday, August 11, 2017 at The Grand Traverse Pavilions. Shorty was born on Thursday, May 28, 1925 to the late Alonzo and Nellie (Wooten) Goff in New Orleans, LA. He married the former Jennie Ann Plucker on Monday, September 15, 1947 in Traverse City. Shorty served our country as...
Iva Belle Bates
Aug 1, 2017
Iva Belle "Iva" Bates, 98, a lifelong resident of Long Lake Township, passed away Tuesday afternoon, August 1, 2017 at her home. Iva was born in Long Lake Township on October 22, 1918, the daughter of Herman and Elsie (Durga) Kevwitch. She married Gerald Bates on September 21, 1946 at First Congregational Church, The Rev. Dr. Howard Towne officiated. Besides...
Mary Meyer
Aug 1, 2017
Mary M. Meyer, 81, of Traverse City, passed away August 1, 2017. Mary was born in Flint on April 1, 1936, into the family of Gordon and Florence (Stolpin) Comfort. She attended schools in the Flint system, graduating from Flint Northern High School. She furthered her education, earning an Associate Degree from Flint Junior College, a Bachelors Degree in Elementary...
Kenneth Swartzendruber
Jul 31, 2017
Kenneth "Ken" Lee Swartzendruber, 76, and Audrey Louise Swartzendruber, 77, both of Traverse City passed away unexpectedly while traveling down US 2 in the Upper Peninsula on Monday July 31, 2017. They were on their way back home from visiting their daughter Stephanie in the Keweenaw and were rear ended by a semi-truck. Ken was born in Wellman, Iowa on...
Audrey Swartzendruber
Jul 31, 2017
Kenneth "Ken" Lee Swartzendruber, 76, and Audrey Louise Swartzendruber, 77, both of Traverse City passed away unexpectedly while traveling down US 2 in the Upper Peninsula on Monday July 31, 2017. They were on their way back home from visiting their daughter Stephanie in the Keweenaw and were rear ended by a semi-truck. Ken was born in Wellman, Iowa on...
