James "Jim" Mark Leibenguth
Oct 27, 2022
James "Jim" Mark Leibenguth, 72, of Traverse City, Michigan passed away peacefully at home on October 27, 2022 after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by his loving wife of 38 years and two daughters. Jim was born February 8th,1950 in Monroe, Michigan, where he was raised by his Mother (Phyllis Kurtz), Father (Charles Leibenguth), and Step-Father (Edward Kurtz), who...
William "Bill" H. Dunn
Oct 26, 2022
William (Bill) H. Dunn 82 of Traverse City passed away peacefully on October 26, 2022. Bill was born April 30, 1940 to William and Gladys (Semrow) Dunn on a farm on East Silver Lake Road. He was the youngest of four children and the only boy of the family. Early in life he had a passion for showing horses and...
Donald L. Steinhoff
Oct 25, 2022
Donald LeRoy Steinhoff, 91, of Traverse City, passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at home. Donald was born on May 26, 1931 in Emporia, Kansas to the late Mervyn LeRoy and Norma (Rohweder) Steinhoff. He married Barbara Jean Edwards on June 27, 1953 in Platteville, Wisconsin. Don served his country in the United States Air Force from 1951 to...
Barbara Jean White
Oct 25, 2022
Barbara Jean White passed away on October 25, 2022, at age 97. She was born August 6, 1925, to Russel and Marguerite (Stephenson) Totten, on a farm in Essex, Ontario, Canada, the eldest of three, with a younger brother Jim and sister Kathy. After high school, Barbara studied engineering, first at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, then at Detroit Institute...
Dan E Welburn
Oct 23, 2022
Dan E Welburn passed away peacefully on October 23, 2022 at the age of 91. Dan was born January 26, 1931, in Three Rivers, Michigan and graduated from Otsego High School in 1949. He graduated from Western Michigan University in 1953 with a BA in history and secondary education. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1959 with a...
James Harold Cooper
Oct 23, 2022
James "Jim" H. Cooper passed away three days shy of his 86th birthday with his wife and daughter by his side. He was born on October 26, 1936, in Grand Rapids. He graduated from Central High School and went on to Hope College where he met Darlene Elzinga of Chicago. They both graduated with education degrees and were married in...
Lynn Cram
Oct 21, 2022
Lynn Pamela Cram, passed away after a life well lived . Lynn was born April 20, 1941 ( 4/20) and was a loving mother, grandmother , great grandmother, aunt and beloved wife of Sidney Thomas Cram who proceeded her death in 2002. Together for 46 years, Sid & Lynn left Detroit during the riots and moved to Marquette, Michigan where...
Patricia "Pat" Freeman
Oct 21, 2022
Patricia (Pat) Anne Freeman, 78, of Grand Ledge, Michigan, passed away peacefully on October 21, 2022, after many years of living with dementia. Pat was born on May 26, 1944, to Eila (Zimmerman) Bolan and Harold R. Bolan in Springfield, Ohio. In 1952, the family moved to Midland Michigan, where Pat attended Midland High School and graduated with honors in...
Alberta Smith
Oct 21, 2022
Alberta Irene Smith of Traverse City, passed away on October 21, 2022, at the age of 90 with her children by her side. She was born in 1932 in Dayton, OH, to the late Charles and Mae Quance. The family moved to northern Michigan when Alberta was a young girl. She met Owen Smith in her teens and they were...
George O. Brown
Oct 20, 2022
George O. Brown, 96, of Traverse City, passed away October 20, 2022, at Munson Medical Center. He was born to the late George H. and Louise (Olson) Brown on October 7, 1926 in Lansing MI. On March 16, 1957, in Traverse City, he married the love of his life Catherine "Kay" Mikowski. Their marriage of 54 years was filled with...
Delores "Dee" Freundl
Oct 19, 2022
Dee was born on February 19, 1930, to the late Frank and Orpha Rosinski. Her birth took place in the home of her grandparents, Arthur and Elizabeth Lautner, in Solon Township. It was also the birthplace of her brothers, Eugene Lautner, Gerald and Jerome Rosinski and her sister, Sharon. On November 26, 1949, Dee married Bernard Couturier and was blessed...
James Hicks
Oct 19, 2022
James "Jim" P. Hicks, 89, of Traverse City passed away peacefully Wednesday, October 19, 2022. He was born in Flint, July 17, 1933, the only child to Elba and Florence (Grathoff) Hicks. Jim graduated from Flint Central High School in 1951. He worked at Dee Cramer, Inc. in heating, cooling and sheet metal his entire career. Upon his retirement he...
Ronald "Ron" Hugh Bowen
Oct 16, 2022
Ron was born Oct 18,1935 in Whittemore, MI to Leonard and Vivian (Hollister) Bowen. He passed peacefully at home in Traverse City, MI on Oct 16, 2022 with family by his side. Ron grew up in Bay City, MI and fell in love with nature, hunting, and fishing during his early years. He also spent innumerable hours on the family...
Clara Jane Garner
Oct 16, 2022
Clara Jane Garner, age 88, of Traverse City and formerly of Mount Pleasant and Albion, MI, passed away on October 16, 2022. Clara Jane was born on October 25, 1933 in Albion to the late Harvey J and Mildred E. (Pauls) Martin. She graduated from high school in Albion and went on to attend nursing school, graduating with her RN...
James D. Vanstratt
Oct 16, 2022
James D. "Jim" VanStratt, 73, of Traverse City, passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of his family October 16, 2022 after a long, courageous battle with heart disease. Jim was born June 13, 1949 in Battle Creek, Michigan to loving parents, Austin and Kathryn VanStratt. The family moved to Traverse City from Jackson where he had many fond childhood...
Charles Mcdonald
Oct 14, 2022
Charles Edward McDonald Born November 19, 1947, in Traverse City, Michigan to Georgetta & Carl McDonald. Charlie graduated from Traverse City Central in 1966 and later from the Culinary Institute of America. In 1981 Charlie married his beloved wife Theresa Sophiea and together they had Megan (Richard) Doher, Charles (Troy) McDonald-Kane, Michael (Christina) McDonald, and Quinn McDonald. Charlie is survived...
Dr. Donald Patrick Piche
Oct 14, 2022
Dr. Donald Patrick Piche of Traverse City entered his eternal destination on October 14, 2022 surrounded by the love of his earthly family. Don was the fifth child of thirteen born to Robert and Eleanor (Dunn) Piche on October 30, 1936, in Royal Oak, Michigan. On December 26, 1960, Don married his lifelong love, Jeanne (Moynihan). Don met Jeanne while...
Sandra M. Barsheff
Oct 13, 2022
Sandra Marie Barsheff, 73, of Traverse City, passed away October 13, 2022, with her beloved husband at her side. She was born on June 11, 1949, to the late George and Elia (Facca) Zilli in Detroit, MI. Sandi was a devoted wife, sister, mother, grandmother, and friend. Her extreme kindness and compassion were felt by those around her throughout her...
George Malcolm Morley M.D.
Oct 13, 2022
Dr. George Malcolm Morley, OBGYN, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully at the age of 89 on October 13, 2022. Lonette (Lonnie) Marie (Steffy) Morley, his beloved wife of 58 years, passed away in January of 2022. He is survived by his 4 children Kirsten Ryan (Michael) of Avon, CT; Dr. Robert Morley, of Marquette, MI; Alison Young...
G. Paul Derosa
Oct 12, 2022
G. Paul DeRosa was born on October 25, 1939 and passed away peacefully on October 12, 2022 after a valiant battle against neuro-endocrine cancer. He was the eldest son of Louis DeRosa and Julia (Muzzillo). Paul was raised in the northeastern Indiana town of Angola. Following graduation from high school, he attended and graduated from the University of Notre Dame....
