Verna L. Vanderwall
May 2, 2015
Verna Lorene VanderWall, 88, passed away on May 2nd, 2015 after a short illness. Verna was born on March 20th, 1927 in Beaver Dam, Kentucky to the late Urey and Amanda (Wade) Rowe. Verna was born in Beaver Dam, Kentucky and grew up in Hatfield, Arkansas. After she graduated from high school the family moved back to Beaver Dam. Following...
Reva H. Thomson
Apr 30, 2015
Reva H. Thomas, 78, of Traverse City passed away on Thursday, April 30, 2015, at her home surrounded by her family. Reva was born on April 28, 1937, in Acme Township to the late Frank and Susanna (Robbins) Tooley. She was married to Orville R. Thomas on June 26, 1971, in Three Rivers, Michigan. Before retiring, Reva had been employed...
Mariann D. Weber
Apr 30, 2015
Mariann Dorothy Weber, 75, of Traverse City passed away April 30, 2015 at the Grand Traverse Pavilions. Mariann was born on October 24, 1939 in Buffalo, NY to the late William and Mildred (Gitry) Schultz. Mariann worked at Benton Cards for 10 years in Buffalo before meeting her future husband. On February 16, 1965, Mariann married Donald Weber who preceded...
Marcia Ellen Wittig
Apr 29, 2015
Marcia Ellen Wittig, 62, of Williamsburg, passed away April 29, 2015 at home surrounded by family. Born to the late Raymond Philp Smith and Barbara Lillian Smith (Moore) November 1, 1952 in Detroit Michigan. Beloved wife of Gary Wittig, devoted mother to Michelle (Jon) Lawrence and Gary Russell Wittig, adored sister of Linda Goodpaster, Paula Hyatt, and Gary Smith, loving...
Billie Jo Clark
Apr 28, 2015
TRAVERSE CITY-Billie Jo Clark of Traverse City passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. She was born October 30, 1964, in Calumet, Michigan, and moved to Warren, Michigan. Following her mother's early death, she moved back to Calumet with her extended family and loving cousins. Billie had an independent spirit. She graduated from Calumet High School in 1982. She...
Robert "Bob" Dennis Send
Apr 27, 2015
Died April 27, 2015 WILLIAMSBURG — Robert "Bob" Dennis Send, 54, of Williamsburg, passed away April 27, 2015 at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on Sept. 8, 1960 to Richard and Rose (Plamondon) Send. He graduated with honors from Elk Rapids High School in 1979. He obtained his associate's degree from Northwestern Michigan College in automotive...
Barbara J. Stanisz
Apr 26, 2015
Barbara J. Stanisz, 78, of Traverse City formerly of Dearborn Heights passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at Munson Hospice House. Barbara Tront was born on January 17, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Joseph and Jennie (Romanowski) Tront. She was married to John C. Stanisz on November 8, 1958. Barbara was an...
Lawrence Everett Poulin
Apr 25, 2015
Lawrence Everett "Larry" Poulin, 93, of died Saturday, April 25, 2015 at Birchwood Nursing Center in Traverse City. Larry was born on Saturday, September 3, 1921 in Cheboygan. Larry honorably served our country in the United States Navy in WWII. He was captured by the Japanese and spent three and a half years in a prison camp. Larry was the...
Gretel June Haller
Apr 25, 2015
Gretel June Haller, 86, of Traverse City passed away Saturday, April 25, 2015 at Tendercare in Traverse City. Funeral services will take place at 2 p.m. today, April 28, 2015 at the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home. Burial will take place at 1pm on Thursday, April 30, 2015 at the Glen Eden Cemetery in Livonia, MI.
David J. Ravitch
Apr 25, 2015
David Judah Ravitch, age 67, passed away April 25, 2015, at Munson Hospice House in Traverse City. He was born in Benton Harbor on September 29, 1947, to Archie and Freda Ravitch. He is survived by his wife and high school sweetheart, Mary Elizabeth (Ford) Ravitch, whom he married on September 20, 1969 in Benton Harbor and who has always...
Richard Henry Mckenna
Apr 24, 2015
Traverse City - Richard H. McKenna, 87, of Traverse City, formerly of Savannah, GA and Lansing, MI passed away peacefully at Munson Medical Center on April 24, 2015 surrounded by his family. Richard was born on December 19, 1927 in Covington, KY to the late Charles Joseph and Mary (Wieck) McKenna. Richard served our country honorably in the United States...
Carol Roberta Clous
Apr 24, 2015
Carol Roberta Clous Died April 24, 2015 BUCKLEY — Carol Roberta (Hudson) Clous, 72, lifelong resident of the area, passed away peacefully but unexpectedly April 24, 2015 at her home with her husband by her side. Carol was born on June 14, 1942 in Kingsley, to the late Ralph and Helena (Besemer) Hudson. She was the eldest of 13 children....
Paul S. Brzezinski
Apr 24, 2015
Paul Stephen Brzezinski died on April 24, 2015 at his home in Traverse City surrounded by his loving family. He was born at home June 30, 1924 on a farm in Centerville Township (Leelanau County), the youngest son of Martin and Mary (Fleis) Brzezinski. He attended Holy Rosary School in Isadore and graduated from St. Francis High School in Traverse...
Gertrud Else Marten
Apr 23, 2015
Gertrud Else Marten passed away April 23 at French Manor nursing home in the presence of her husband and loving caregivers, just days shy of her 93rd birthday. Gertrud was the third of five children born to Otto and Magda Chmilewski on May 8, 1922 in Hamburg, Germany. She grew up during WWII and up until two years ago she...
Joesph Leon Lowe
Apr 22, 2015
Joseph "Joe" Leon Lowe, 75 of Traverse City, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at the Grand Traverse Pavilions. Joe was born on March 10, 1940, in Grayling, to the late George and Cloya (Rood) Lowe. He married Sandra "Sandy" Sorenson on October 22, 1960. Together they raised two wonderful daughters, Julie and Stacy. Joe honorably served our country and...
Heidi Helen Parsons
Apr 22, 2015
Heidi Helen (Homola) Parsons, 33, of Buckley and formerly of Alpena, died at her home Wednesday, April 22, 2015 surrounded by her loving family. Heidi was born on April 7, 1982 at Grand Forks, North Dakota and lived in Bottineau, North Dakota with her parents, Gerhardt Homola and Priscilla (Hepler) Homola until 1989, when she moved to Alpena, Michigan. Growing...
Henry Ora Ruhl
Apr 22, 2015
Traverse City - Henry Ora Ruhl, 83, of Traverse City died Friday, April 22, 2015 at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. Henry was born on Saturday, July 18, 1931 to the late Nichols and Anna (Harris) Ruhl in Maple Grove Township. Henry entered into marriage with the former Beatrice Vera Smith on August 9, 1952. Henry was employed as...
Richard E. Yarick
Apr 21, 2015
ALMA - Richard Elton Yarick, 79, of Alma and formerly Lake Ann, passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at Masonic Pathways in Alma. Dick was born on Thursday, October 24, 1935, in Toledo, OH, to the late John and Mabel "Grace" (Smith) Yarick. He married Virginia Mary Wagner on March 7, 1959, in Monroe, MI. Dick and Virginia and the...
