Paul M. Deering
Oct 22, 2023
Paul M. Deering, 97, of Traverse City passed away at home on Sunday, October 22, 2023. Paul was born on November 10, 1925, to Thomas and Agnes (Mahoney) Deering in Empire, Michigan, the youngest of five children. His mother's desire for her children to receive a Catholic education and for more opportunities for the family and the prospect for growing...
Joan Darlene Reister
Oct 21, 2023
Joan Darlene Reister, 92, of Traverse City, passed away on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at the Grand Traverse Pavilions. Joan was born on March 5, 1931, in Wyandotte, Michigan, to the late Leroy and Viola (Schwartz) Bondie. She married the late Robert Lawrence Reister on October 20, 1959, in Calvary Lutheran Church, Lincoln Park, Michigan and together they raised three...
James Schierbeek
Oct 20, 2023
James Schierbeek, better known as Jim, passed away peacefully on October 20, 2023. Jim was born on October 29, 1931 to the late Herman and Winifred Schierbeek. Jim served in the United States Army and was a light weapons instructor at Fort Riley, Kansas. After his honorable discharge be resumed working with his father as a carpenter building houses in...
Thomas "Tom" William Olson
Oct 20, 2023
It is with a heavy heart that the Olson family announces the passing Thomas W. Olson at the age of 80. Tom is the loving husband to Lauri Olson and the father of 5 boys and 9 grandchildren. Tom passed away, on Friday, October 20, 2023 at his Traverse City home surrounded by his loving family. After a long and...
Brian Charles Haven
Oct 20, 2023
Brian Charles Haven, 60, of Traverse City passed away Friday, October 20, 2023 after complications from surgery and cancer at Munson Medical Center. Brian was born on April 17, 1963 in Traverse City to Charles K. and Sandra M. (Sterk). On May 18, 1985 he married Marianne Marie Maxbauer. Brian was a gifted artist who worked on commercial body work....
Janet Alta Hornacek
Oct 20, 2023
Janet Alta Hornacek, nearly 92 of Traverse City passed away peacefully on October 20, 2023 at Boardman Lake Glens. Janet was born on December 19, 1931 at her home in St. Louis, Michigan, alongside her twin brother Jim, to their parents Clare and Alta Oswald. On December 2, 1950, she married Stanley A. Hornacek in Alma. In 1969, she and...
Gerald A. Shaffran
Oct 20, 2023
Gerald A. Shaffran of Traverse City, Michigan, age 84, passed away peacefully at home after a short illness on Friday, October 20, 2023. He was born to Isadore and Beatrice (McNeil) on February 9, 1939, in Traverse City, MI. He was also raised by his devoted and loving stepfather, Lyle Pahl. Gerald (Jerry) was born the youngest of four children...
Karen Barnes
Oct 19, 2023
Karen Barnes, 81, of Traverse City, MI, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 19, 2023 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Detroit, MI on July 4, 1942, to Maynard and Mildred (Wiltse) Fielstra. She was the oldest of five children. Karen's love story with her husband Ronald, spanned 67 years, 63 of them happily married. Together they...
Miriam Doyle
Oct 19, 2023
Miriam Ellen (Srodes) Doyle died October 19, 2023 at the age of 99 while at Orchard Creek Skilled Nursing Facility in Traverse City, Michigan. She had battled congestive heart failure for some time before contracting COVID, which proved too much to overcome. Miriam was born August 15, 1924 in Toledo, Ohio to Malcolm and Irene Srodes. She was preceded in...
Elizabeth C. Hsu
Oct 19, 2023
Elizabeth C. Hsu, 103, of Traverse City passed away peacefully in the comfort of her family's home on Thursday, October 19, 2023. Born on April 22, 1920 in Datong, China to the late Mung-Fu and Tsai-Tsao (Yang) Chang, Elizabeth's childhood years were spent in rural Yantai in China's northeastern Shandong Province. Her paternal grandfather, a devout follower of Taoist teachings,...
Dorothy Lane Fradd
Oct 18, 2023
Dorothy Lane Fradd, nearly 93, of Empire passed away peacefully on October 18, 2023 at French Manor South. Dorothy, affectionately known as Dot, was born on 10-20-30, October 20, 1930 in Traverse City to the late Henry and Alice (Grattopp) Sanford. On November 27, 1948 she married Robert Francis Fradd in Leland. The two shared 55 years together before he...
Landon Weber
Oct 18, 2023
Landon Weber of Traverse City, Michigan, age 30, passed away unexpectedly in October of 2023. He was born to Keith Weber and Michele Alexander Gibson in Traverse City on September 9, 1993. He was a 2012 graduate of Traverse City Central High School, attended Northwestern Michigan College, Michigan State University, and was currently studying to become an MRI tech at...
Robert Kenneth Woods
Oct 15, 2023
Robert K. Woods, 72, loving husband, father and Papa passed away on October 15, 2023. He courageously battled cancer until his final breath. Bob was born in Alpena, Michigan, to Orville J. Woods and Anna M. (Lenhart) Woods on December 22, 1950. After high school, he received his associate's degree in Criminal Justice. This would be the beginning of a...
Arlene M. Hall
Oct 14, 2023
Undaunted for nearly a century, Arlene Mae Hall passed away on Saturday October 14, 2023 at Munson Hospice House in Traverse City. She was 90 years of age. Arlene, the fourth eldest of 13 siblings in the Williamsburg Anderson family. She spent her life with one foot in her adoptive city of Lansing, where she spent her career working for...
Michael Joseph Shorter
Oct 12, 2023
Michael Joseph Shorter, 73, of Maple City passed away peacefully on October 12, 2023 at the Villa at Traverse Point. Mike was born on March 22, 1950 in Traverse City to the late Keith and Bernice (Couturier) Shorter. On April 21, 1978, Mike married Gertrude A. Shorter. Mike worked in the automotive industry and in his spare time enjoyed music,...
Robert Morse Montgomery
Oct 11, 2023
Robert Morse Montgomery was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 2, 1931, the third child of Helen (Rice) Montgomery and Dr. Edgar Morse Montgomery. In 1953 Robert married his high school sweetheart, Barbara Cornwall. After being honorably discharged from the Army and graduating from the University of Detroit Dental School, he and his wife moved to Traverse City where he...
Rev. Dr. Haldon "Hal" Dale Ferris
Oct 8, 2023
Rev. Dr. Haldon (Hal) D. Ferris of Elk Rapids, MI, claimed his resurrection victory at his beloved Birch Lake home on Sunday, October 8, 2023. Hal was born to the late William Dale and Juanita Ferris on October 28, 1939, in Richmond, Indiana. Hal was immensely loved by his wife, Kathryn Snedeker; his children, Blair (Wendy) Ferris, Lara (Jeff) Neyer,...
Dr. Albert William Lynch Jr.
Oct 6, 2023
Dr. Albert William Lynch Jr., 78, loving husband and father of three beautiful children, passed away on Friday, October 6, 2023, in Traverse City, Michigan. Albert was born in Lapeer, Michigan, on September 19, 1945 to the late Albert William Sr. and Elva (Steward) Lynch. Albert's passion for animals led him to pursue a degree in veterinary medicine at Michigan...
Frederick Henry Gillespie Kramer
Oct 6, 2023
Frederick Henry Gillespie Kramer, husband of Mary Samia (Lamp) Kramer of Lake Ann, died on Oct. 5, 2023, in Traverse City following a short illness. Known as a devoted and loving husband, father to four children, Matt Kitchens (Jamie Haigler) of Marysville, Ohio, the late Neal Lamp, Erin Kitchens LaMont of Ludington, Anna Kramer Beach of Traverse City, and stepson...
Robert Laverne Boomer
Oct 6, 2023
Robert Laverne Boomer, 95 of Empire, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 6, 2023. Robert was at home with family. Robert (Bob) was born on December 14, 1927 in Hinsdale, IL to the late John and Myrtle (Huffman) Boomer. Bob spent the majority of his life in and around Empire, MI. Bob was a rural letter carrier "The Mail Man",...
