James "Tiny" Edward Lautenschlager
Jun 18, 2023
James "Tiny" Edward Lautenschlager, 85 of Traverse City passed away Sunday June 18, 2023. Tiny was born on January 21, 1938 in Coraopolis, PA to the late Charles and Olga (Gretzinger) Lautenschlager. He married Margaret "Marge" Ann Droter on July 16, 1966. Honorably, Tiny served our Country in the United States Coast Guard for 26 years. He retired as a...
John E. Brintnall Jr.
Jun 17, 2023
On Monday, June 24, 1940, John E. Brintnall, Jr. was born to John E. and Violet E. Brintnall and on Saturday evening, June 17, 2023, he went home to be with the Lord at the age of 83. The previous evening, Pastors Tim and Kris Mann came to the hospital to pray with John. After praying about half an hour,...
Judith Belle Avitts
Jun 17, 2023
Judith (Judy) Belle Brockway Avitts Judy Avitts was 89 years old when she passed away on June 17, 2023. She was born in Flint Michigan to Myrtle (Gillespie) Brockway and George Ralph Brockway and grew up there. She married William John Avitts on June 29, 1957. They lived in Flint then Grand Blanc and finally moved to Williamsburg, Michigan in...
Charlotte Lucille Fochtman
Jun 17, 2023
Charlotte Lucille Fochtman, of Traverse City and formerly of Petoskey, MI passed away on her 99thbirthday, Saturday June 17, 2023. Her family celebrated her beautiful long life with her and after her party she passed away peacefully. Charlotte was born on June 17, 1924 in Petoskey, MI to the late Frank and Laura (Muir) Hess. She was a child of...
Joan Delores Riss
Jun 15, 2023
Joan Dolores Riss, 87, of Bear Lake, Michigan, passed away peacefully on June 15, 2023 at Joygivers Senior Home in Traverse City. Born March 15, 1936 to Mary and Joseph Jozwik in Detroit. Loving wife of the late Gerald Riss. Joan was one of seven siblings. Joan held a senior position at Liberty State Bank in Hamtramck, Michigan for many...
Kate Howard
Jun 15, 2023
Katherine Rouseau Howard, beloved daughter, sister and aunt, passed away unexpectedly June 15, 2023. Kate and her twin sister, Elizabeth Howard Selleck, were born August 26, 1981, to James and Linda (Bourne) Howard. Growing up Kate was a bundle of energy. She and Beth enjoyed neighborhood friends, many of whom remained friends through high school and beyond. They started kindergarten...
Kathryn Messina
Jun 14, 2023
Kathryn Messina, 64, of Traverse City, passed away suddenly on June 14, 2023 at Munson Medical Center. Always the brightest smile on her face, if there was a book named after her, the title would surely be "Hi, I'm Kathryn!". There were no strangers to Kathryn, only new friends to meet. Kathryn, born Kathryn Mary Minster on April 23, 1959...
Barbara Ann Lemcool
Jun 14, 2023
Barbara Ann (Carmien) Lemcool, 75, of Traverse City, Michigan, passed away with her loving family at her side on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at Munson Medical Center. Barbara was born on February 22, 1948 to the late Keith & Jean (Ballard) Carmien. Herbert W. Lemcool Jr & Barbara Ann Lemcool married on October 22, 1983 at St. Phillips Episcopalian Church...
W. Bruce Rogers
Jun 14, 2023
Our beloved "Mr. Traverse City" took his final ride through Downtown on June 14th and so continued his tradition of driving down Front Steet to make sure "all was well." Bruce was always delighted to see the stores and restaurants open and crowds of people walking and enjoying Traverse City's jewel - Downtown. Bruce was born on July 10, 1941,...
James "Jim" Howard Lewis
Jun 13, 2023
James "Jim" Howard Lewis, 84, of Traverse City passed away to Heaven on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 with his loving family at his side. Jim was born on December 24, 1938 in East Detroit to the late Ray A. and Vera A. (Evans) Lewis. He married Lorrayne (Lori) Kay Kuhn in Dearborn on June 24, 1967. Together they lovingly raised...
Kenneth "Kenny" Priest
Jun 13, 2023
Kenneth Albert Priest, 44, of Traverse City, passed away on June 13, 2023 after a 6-month battle with leukemia. He took it head on and fought until the end! Ken was born on October 25, 1978 to Shirley Priest (Plamondon) and the late LaVerne Priest in Traverse City, one of 5 children. From a young age he was drawn to...
Beverly Jean Boldt
Jun 13, 2023
Beverly Jean Boldt of Traverse City, age 78 went home into the arms of her loving Savior on June 13, 2023. Beverly graced this world with her presence on April 28, 1945, born to Louis Carl William Marvin and Ruby Aileen Eberts in Romeo, Michigan. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank Jarrett (brother-in-law); Lanette (granddaughter), and beloved...
Mildred "Mickey" Anna Bark
Jun 12, 2023
Mildred ("Mickey") Anna (Lindtner Levenske) Bark, 100 years old, of Traverse City, Michigan, died on Monday, June 12, 2023. Mickey was born on July 20, 1922 in Maple City, Michigan to Henry and Rose (Flaska) Lindtner. Growing up on her family farm, Mickey learned at a young age to be a hard-working and resourceful person. This came to be greatly...
Esther Eileen Ramsay
Jun 12, 2023
Esther Eileen (Batzer) Ramsay died peacefully at home on June 12, 2023 surrounded by her family. She was born on November 27, 1936 to William and Lenore Batzer in Cadillac Michigan, where she graduated high school in 1955. Esther married Lawrence "Larry" Ramsay on October 10, 1981. From this union, Larry inherited six children and Esther two. From there, the...
Nancy Stander
Jun 10, 2023
Nancy Stander, 86, of Traverse City, passed away peacefully on June 10, 2023, at Boardman Lake Glens. Nancy was born July 24, 1936, in Mason, MI, to the late Ray E. and Grace A. (Beebe) Alling. In 1956, Nancy moved to Leland with her then husband, Charles. While living in Leland, she became active in the Leland Community United Methodist...
Kristen Kaye Bloch-Cox
Jun 9, 2023
On Friday, June 9th, 2023 Kristen K. Bloch-Cox, loving wife and mother passed away at the age of 64. Kristen was born in Detroit, Michigan. She was raised Catholic. She received her teaching degree from Ferris State College in 1981 and taught for over 30 years at Glen Lake Community. She married Duane Cox on August 25, 1979. They raised...
Mildred "Millie" Shea
Jun 9, 2023
Mildred "Millie" A. Shea, 94 years young, passed away June 9, 2023. Millie was born on February 23, 1929 to the late Frank and Bertha (Neuman) Youker. She was one of two children. Millie or "Mickey" as she was known by the Neuman side of the family, was a true treasure. She was always "busy" around the house, mowing the...
Vera B. Gould
Jun 7, 2023
Vera Bardwell Harris Gould, age 101, of Traverse City, Michigan passed away on June 7, 2023 at home. Vera was born January 20, 1922 in Royal Oak, Michigan to the late Earl and Beulah Gray Harris. Vera led a long and active life as a homemaker, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was a friend to all she met and...
Lauren Platt
Jun 7, 2023
A celebration of life gathering will take place on Sunday August 6, 2023 from 12-3pm at the Elk Rapids Day Park (920 S. Bay Shore Drive, Elk Rapids, MI, 49629). All are asked to attend wearing bright colors like Lauren would have wanted and to come with a special memory or two to write down - these eventually will make...
Matthew Mark Hardy Gelles
Jun 6, 2023
Matthew Gelles was born on April 19th, 2000 in Traverse City, Michigan. At only 23 years young on June 6th, 2023 we lost Matthew after an accident at his work. There are not enough pages in the world to express how much he meant to the people in his life. It's bittersweet to know that the last few years Matthew...
