EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a list of deaths reported during the past week by funeral directors in the 13-county northwest Michigan region.
ANTRIM
Mary Sue Smith, 76, of Nashville, formerly of Bellaire, died April 24; Mortensen Funeral Homes, Bellaire.
Betty Lanning Drenth, 85, of Mancelona, died Aug. 25; Mortensen Funeral Homes, Mancelona.
Charles Lee Bushey, 73, of Mancelona, died Sept. 24; Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, Kalkaska.
Marvella E. Strobeck, 83, of Bellaire, died Sept. 25; Covell Funeral Home, Elk Rapids.
BENZIE
Robert Harrison "Bob" Chase, 87, of Frankfort, died Aug. 8; Jowett Family Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Frankfort.
Ellen Ann Foote, 76, of Frankfort, formerly of White Lake, died Sept. 9; Jowett Family Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Frankfort.
Frank Wagner Johnson, of Beulah, died Sept. 13; Jowett Family Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Frankfort.
Richard Harry Hale, 69, of Thompsonville, died Sept. 16; Terwilliger Funeral Home, Kaleva.
Wilhelmina F. Holmquist, 82, of Frankfort, died Sept. 18; Oak Grove Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Bear Lake.
Robert James Scharlow, 91, of Frankfort, died Sept. 24; Jowett Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Service.
CHARLEVOIX
Danny Lee Caverly, 60, Burt Lake, died Aug. 24; Lintz Funeral Home, Indian River.
Darlene Thompson, 85, of Boyne City, died Sept. 17; Stackus Funeral Home, Boyne City.
Russell Arthur Dwyer, 95, of Boyne City, died Sept. 20; Stackus Funeral Home, Boyne City.
CHEBOYGAN
William R. Bennett, 59, of Mackinaw City, died Sept. 15; Schrader-Howell Funeral Home, Plymouth.
Lorraine Conners, 95, of Topinabee, died Sept. 19; Lintz Funeral Home, Indian River.
Hazel M. Brooks, 87, of Cheboygan, died Sept. 20.
CRAWFORD
Dora Lee Dann, 83, of Grayling, died Sept. 9.
Lorraine E. Selden, 80, of Grayling, died Sept. 19.
Vicki Lynn Williams, 58, of Grayling, died Sept. 23; Sorenson-Lockwood Funeral Home, Grayling.
Pamela Jean Michels, 58, of Frederic, died Sept. 24; Sorenson-Lockwood Funeral Home, Grayling.
Roger Buskirk, 64, of Grayling, died Sept. 26; Sorenson-Lockwood Funeral Home, Grayling.
EMMET
Iola Price, 89, of Bakersfield, Calif., formerly of Petoskey, died Sept. 3.
Lena H. Kortanek, 92, of East Jordan, formerly of Elk Rapids, died Sept. 16; Life Story Funeral Home, Traverse City.
Carl Frederick Merrill, 79, of Spartanburg, S.C., formerly of Petoskey, died Sept. 17;
GRAND TRAVERSE
Perin Langdon III, 86, summer resident of Traverse City, died Sept. 9.
Gaea Corl, 55, of Traverse City, died Sept. 14; Life Story Funeral Home, Traverse City.
Patricia Ann (Sheehy) Freeman, 82, formerly of Traverse City, died Sept. 14.
Walter Jack Hollis, D.D.S., 80, of Traverse City, died Sept. 14; Life Story Funeral Home, Traverse City.
Gretchen Parrish, 94, of Traverse City, died Sept. 14; Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City.
Breana Lynn Mavety, 18, formerly of Traverse City, died Sept. 16; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
Patsy Ann Bolton, 76, of Traverse City, died Sept. 17; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
Edith M. (Foltz) Kage, 89, of Traverse City, died Sept. 17.
Mary E. (Clippert) Burston, 93, of Traverse City, died Sept. 20; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
Carol Ann Curry, 62, of Traverse City, died Sept. 21; Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City.
Virginia M. Kramer, 87, of Traverse City, died Sept. 21; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
Katherine W. Ludwig, 89, of Traverse City, died Sept. 21; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
Sullivan G. Brizard, son of Daniel and Julie Brizard, stillborn Sept. 22; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
Robert W. Siera, 66, of Traverse City, died Sept. 22; Life Story Funeral Home, Traverse City.
George E. Given, 76, of Traverse City, died Sept. 23; Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, Kalkaska.
Addie Savage, 100, of Traverse City, died Sept. 23; Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City.
Cletus James Bellanger, 75, of Traverse City, died Sept. 24; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
Beatrice Joan Send, 80, of Traverse City, died Sept. 24; Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City.
Erma E. Hawkins, 83, of Kingsley, died Sept. 25; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
Richard C. Pitzer, 61, of Interlochen, died Sept. 25; Jowett Family Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Frankfort and Benzonia.
Volney Charles Throop, 92, of Traverse City, died Sept. 25; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
Yvonne J. Zotter, 88, of Traverse City, died Sept. 25; Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City.
William Steinberger, 86, of Traverse City, died Sept. 26; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
KALKASKA
Robert W. Edwards, 80, of Kalkaska, died Sept. 14; Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, Kalkaska.
Issac Leroy Mann, infant, of Kalkaska, died Sept. 17; Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, Kalkaska.
Adrian Sophia Schroeder, 71, of Kalkaska, died Sept. 18; Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, Kalkaska.
Ralph J. Thurlow, 89, of Rapid City, died Sept. 18; Wilson Miller Funeral Home, Midland.
LEELANAU
Noel Francis Darga, 66, of Athens, Tenn., formerly of Maple City, died July 12.
Maxine Margaret Slingerland, 87, of Suttons Bay, formerly of Owosso, died Sept. 1.
Thomas J. Slingerland Sr., 88, of Suttons Bay, formerly of Owosso, died Sept. 5.
Harold Wilbur Longyear, M.D., 95, of Glen Arbor, died Sept. 15; Martinson Funeral Home, Suttons Bay.
Adolph Richard Kraitz Jr., 80, of Maple City, died Sept. 17; Martinson Funeral Home, Suttons Bay,
Edward Darlington, 88, of Chelsea, formerly of Leelanau County, died Sept. 23; Cole Funeral Home, Chelsea.
MANISTEE
Leo R. Jones, 72, of Copemish, died Sept. 18; Jowett Family Funeral Home, Benzonia.
Fred Carl Osborn, 88, of Bear Lake, died Sept. 19; Terwilliger Funeral Home, Kaleva.
Robert LeRoy "Bob" Peterson, 61, of Kaleva, died Sept. 21; Terwilliger Funeral Home, Kaleva.
Merlyn Jackson, of Onekama, died Sept. 23; Terwilliger Funeral Home, Kaleva.
Joan Marie Towne, 60, of Kaleva, died Sept. 23; Terwilliger Funeral Home, Kaleva.
OTSEGO
June Latimer Jackson Jones, 89, of Simons near Elmira, died Sept. 5.
Gary E. Courterier, 78, of Johannesburg and Okeechobee, Fla., died Sept. 21; Green Funeral Home, Lewiston.
Ethel Fretenborough, 83, of Gaylord, died Sept. 23; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.
Harold Hallam, 91, of Vanderbilt, died Sept. 23; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.
Jessie Hoover, 80, of Gaylord, died Sept. 23; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.
Helen (Welling) Sharrow, 94, of Gaylord, died Sept. 23; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.
Wayne Anderson, 91, of Johannesburg, died Sept. 24; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.
Margaret Coffin, 65, of Waters, died Sept. 24; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.''
