Catherine Mary Elliott
Dec 21, 2022
Catherine M. Elliott, 80, of Traverse City, was called home and wrapped in the arms of the lord on December 21, 2022. Cathy was born on May 13, 1942 to the late Howard and Lena (Kissane) Husted in St. Johns, Michigan. Cathy spent some of her life growing up in this area before reestablishing herself in Traverse City. Cathy was...
John "Jack" Frederick Coleman
Dec 21, 2022
John Frederick Coleman (Jack) of Old Mission Peninsula passed away December 21, 2022, in the comfort of his home and in the care of his family. Born in Toledo, Ohio, he was the son of Frederick John and Louise (Langerman) Coleman and the caring brother to his sister Jean. Jack was the loving husband of Madelyn (McClure); the loving father...
Evelyn Parker
Dec 20, 2022
Evelyn Marie Parker (formerly Amstutz), 99 of Traverse City, passed away December 20, 2022. She was born in Lafayette, Indiana on April 18, 1923, daughter to Everett and Vesta (Klopfenstein) Amstutz. Evelyn is survived by her daughters Shirley (Gary Dooley) Molinari, Susan (Robert) Lockwood, and Sharon Brant; grandchildren Arthur (Dayana) Molinari, Laura Molinari, Justin (Laura) Lockwood and Nicole (Chris) Fowlkes-Lockwood;...
Jean Ann Horn
Dec 20, 2022
Jean Ann Horn, age 84, a multi-generation native of Traverse City, Michigan, passed away peacefully on December 20, 2022. Jean was born September 10, 1938 to Vernon and Viola (Ludka) Emerson and raised in Traverse City. She was the youngest of Vern and Viola's four children Jack, Dick and Joan, she graduated from St. Francis High School in 1957. On...
Roland Bruce Carlson
Dec 19, 2022
Roland Bruce Carlson, 70, lifetime native of Traverse City, passed away December 19, 2022. Roland was born to the late Clarence and Lucille (Campbell) Carlson August 2, 1952. He was one of three children. He worked at ASGARD, worked as a dishwasher at the Grand Hotel on Mackinaw Island for three seasons and also worked at United Technologies (later Lear...
Robert "Bob" E. Rountree
Dec 18, 2022
Robert "Bob" E. Rountree, Sr. of Interlochen, Michigan passed away on Sunday December 18, 2022 at Munson Medical Center. Bob was born on November 10, 1944 in Traverse City, Michigan to the late Edward O. Rountree and Maxine L. Domine (Kubesh). He was the eldest of six children and a 1962 graduate of Traverse City Central High School. He was...
Ethel Lois Kunze
Dec 18, 2022
Ethel Kunze (Cox) of Traverse City, Michigan, age 87, passed away on Sunday December 18, 2022. She was born the youngest of four children to Murray and Lillie (Hunt) Cox in Long Lake Township on January 10, 1935, and was a lifelong resident of the area. Ethel enjoyed many years of wintering in Arizona with siblings and friends. She also...
Lloyd Hart
Dec 18, 2022
Lloyd Joseph Hart, 72, of Traverse City, died December 18, 2022. At this time no services are planned for Lloyd.
Max Miller
Dec 17, 2022
Max Duane Miller, 89, of Traverse City, quietly passed away at home on December 17, 2022. The man many fondly knew as the "Elmbrook Golf Course Ambassador" or the "Icon of the Neighborhood," was born in St. Louis, MI, November 6, 1933, son to Rollen and Hazel (Hetzman) Miller. Max was drafted into service through the US Army in 1953....
Marilyn Louise Erickson
Dec 17, 2022
Marilyn Louise Erickson, 87, of Traverse City, passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2022 at the Grand Traverse Pavilions. Marilyn was born on June 10, 1935 in Manistee, Michigan, to the late Howard and Lenna (Drury) Cook. The Cook family lived throughout the United States during Howard's career in the U.S. Forest Service. Marilyn graduated from Michigan State University, earning...
Betty Mae Frederixon
Dec 17, 2022
Betty Mae Frederixon 84, of Traverse City and formerly of Cedar Lake, IN, died December 17, 2022, at Munson Hospice House. Betty was born on Friday, July 22, 1938, to the late Sylvester and Agnes (Seberger) Schreiber in Cedar Lake, IN. While in Lowel high school she made lifelong friends with a group of seven girls and throughout their lives,...
Coralie Lamoreaux
Dec 16, 2022
Coralie 'Corky' Lamoreaux (Gilroy) passed away peacefully on the morning of Friday December 16, 2022 at Munson's Weber Heart Center in Traverse City at the age of 90. Coralie was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan on August 7, 1932 to parents Georgina M. Terrel and Harry Gilroy. She was the third of eleven children and is survived by sisters...
Mary E. Penney
Dec 15, 2022
Mary Brubaker Penney, 92, of Williamsburg, MI passed away at home in the loving care of her husband Dennis and her daughter Cindy at their beloved Everflowingwaters Campground on December 15,2022. Mary was born in Jefferson, Iowa in 1930 to Lester & Flossy Gracy, and was the youngest of three daughters. Mary was preceded in death by her parents and...
Earl Harold Ennis Iii
Dec 15, 2022
Earl H. Ennis lll, husband, father, and grandfather; visionary, businessman, and motor vehicle enthusiast; fisherman, poker player, and friend to all he met, passed peacefully at his home in Traverse City on December 15, 2022, at the age of 92. Earl was born on December 30, 1929, in Detroit, to Dorthea (Van Duesen) and Earl Harold Ennis, Jr. He attended...
Vincent Chiaravalli
Dec 14, 2022
Vincent Chiaravalli of Traverse City, Michigan, age 66, passed away on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. He was born to Aldreno and Rosina (Corsini) Chiaravalli on February 29, 1956, in Detroit, Michigan. Vince's parents immigrated to Detroit, Michigan from Gagliano Aterno, Italy. Vince was born into a large Italian family with relatives throughout Hamilton, Canada, and the Southeast Michigan area. Vince...
Michael Joseph Breithaupt
Dec 13, 2022
Michael Joseph Breithaupt, age 56, of Traverse City, passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, after a several year battle of cancer, in his home surrounded by his loving family. Michael was born on Jan. 28, 1966 to John and Jean (Ockert) Breithaupt. Michael grew up in Traverse City, where he was a graduate of St. Francis High School and...
Marilyn R. Niederstadt
Dec 12, 2022
Marilyn R. Niederstadt (née Brown, Gremel) of Traverse City, Michigan, passed away December 12, 2022, at the age of 75. She was born January 12, 1947, in Detroit, Michigan. Marilyn graduated from Olivet College. She taught elementary school in Lansing, was a long-term substitute teacher in Traverse City, and then taught elementary school in Saginaw. She loved spending time with...
Helen I. O'Connor
Dec 12, 2022
Helen I. O'Connor, nearly 75, of Traverse City passed away peacefully on December 12, 2022 at Munson Medical Center. Helen was born on December 15, 1947 to the late Hubert Lee and Lucile (Lamblin) Bailey in Kentucky. Helen married Donald Edward O'Connor after he returned home from his time in the service. They were married on August 23, 1968. Together...
Jeanette Delores Veeder
Dec 11, 2022
Jeanette Veeder, 81, the beloved matriarch of the Veeder and Minervini families, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2022, at Cordia, after a lengthy and valiant battle with Parkinson's Disease. On the day she died, she was visited by countless loved ones who came to pay their respects to their cherished, mother, sister, aunt and friend. Jeanette died nearly one...
Judy Mallwitz
Dec 10, 2022
We are sad to say that we lost our beloved mother Judy Ann Mallwitz, on Sunday, December 11, 2022. Judy had just celebrated her 81st birthday on December 10, 2022. Judy was born in Traverse City on December 10, 1941, daughter to Joseph and Alvina (Phillips) Bolek. She prided herself on being a true native of Traverse City. Throughout her...
