Traverse City Record-Eagle

May 26, 2009

Remembering the Fallen, 2008-2009


Editor's note: This Memorial Day, the Record-Eagle honors those veterans who have died this past year. Below is a list of veterans who died between May 26, 2008 and May 19, 2009.

Adams, LeRoy H., 82, of DeTour Village, formerly of Kingsley, died Sept. 1, 2008

Adams, Stanley Edward, 87, of Traverse City, died Nov. 14, 2008

Agar, William "Rex," of Katy, Texas, formerly of Benzie County, died Oct. 27, 2008

Albright, Betty J.A., 84, of Oak Hills, Va., formerly of Traverse City, died Oct. 29, 2008

Alexander, Dennis D., 64, of Traverse City, died May 18, 2009

Allen, Richard C., 86, of Traverse City, died March 21, 2008

Allen, Willis "Bill," 80, of Gaylord, died March 12, 2009

Allmendinger, Jackson, 86, of Honor, died July 22, 2008

Ames, Clifford Eugene, 70, of Traverse City, died Dec. 13, 2008

Amthor, Jerry, 77, of Gaylord, died April 11, 2009

Anderson, Owen "Andy," 79, of Williamsburg, died Oct. 13, 2008

Ansorge, Christopher, W., 61, of Traverse City, died March 9, 2009

Antaya, John W., 59, of Traverse City, died March 21, 2009

Ashmore, Raymond C., 81, of Traverse City, died Oct. 21, 2008

Atkinson, Gerald E. "Jerry," 84, of Torch Lake, died April 6, 2009

Aylsworth, Wayne R. Sr., 59, of Empire, died Jan. 15, 2009

Baatz, Dale F., 64, of Traverse City, died Nov. 2, 2008

Bain, Bryant G. Jr., 99, of Traverse City, died March 23, 2009

Baird, Judge Boyd C., of Traverse City, died Oct. 5, 2008

Baker, Elmer Everett, 83, of Honor, died Feb. 28, 2009

Ballance, Lewis C., 93, of Lake Leelanau, died Feb. 1, 2009

Bank, Frank G., 86, of Traverse City, died April 13, 2009

Barber, Robert L., 53, of Traverse City, died Dec. 11, 2008

Bardy, Edward Eugene, 89, of Acme, died March 4, 2009

Barratt, Jack L., 92, of Glen Arbor, died Aug. 13, 2008

Bartnick, Art, 82, of Traverse City, died July 31, 2008

Batzer, Norman A., 65, of Belding, formerly of Cadillac, died Jan. 22, 2009

Bauer, Lawrence, 91, of Gaylord, died Feb. 19, 2009

Beitner, Duane Howard, 61, of Traverse City, died July 28, 2008

Bell, Travis R., 37, of Battle Creek, formerly of Traverse City, died Aug. 12, 2008

Benson, Dieter Arthur, 64, of Traverse City, died July 21, 2008

Blough, Eldon Harvey, 73, of Empire, died May 2, 2009

Borninski, Edward J., 86, of Torch Lake and Marco Island, Fla., died April 28, 2009

Box, Myrell Gilbert, 87, of Traverse City, died July 21, 2008

Boyle. Michael David, 58, of Traverse City, died Feb. 13, 2009

Brannon, Samuel, 69, of Empire, died Nov. 19, 2008

Brautigam, David F., 87, of Kingsley, died April 28, 2009

Brownson, Klara H., 93, of Traverse City, died Aug. 15, 2008

Brunette, Lawrence E., 87, of Fife Lake, died Sept. 21, 2008

Kenneth Bryce Jr., of Traverse City, died May 14, 2009

Burcar, Emil, 95, of Gaylord, died Oct. 15, 2008

Burdinie, Robert D., 68, of Grawn, died Oct. 12, 2008

Burleigh, Murray W., 84, of Beulah, died July 28, 2008

Burrows, Max Eugene, 86, of Williamsburg, died Dec. 7, 2007

Bush, Russell Jr., 86, of Traverse City and Lapeer, died Feb. 3, 2009

Calabris, Michael, 81, of Gaylord, died April 15, 2009

Call, Royal J., 88, of Beulah, died March 26, 2009

Campbell, Duane Max, 60, of Kalkaska, died June 6, 2008

Campbell, Norwood, 88, of Traverse City, died Jan. 17, 2009

Campbell, Ruth Virginia, 82, of Ocala, Fla., formerly of Traverse City, died Oct. 1, 2008

Carlson, Clarence Leonard, 87, of Traverse City, died June 12, 2008

Cascagnette, Wilfred J. "Wil," 80, of Alma, formerly of Traverse City, died Aug. 28, 2008

Case, Lewis, 84, of Duck Lake Peninsula, died July 14, 2008

Chalker, Edwin W., 90, of Kalkaska, died Nov. 19, 2008

Chesbrough, Robert E., 87, of Traverse City, died July 8, 2008

Chippewa, Albert Frances, 85, of Peshawbestown, died June 9, 2008

Chippewa, Ernest J. Jr., 55, of Kewadin, died Sept. 8, 2008

Church, Allan, of Thompsonville, died July 9, 2008

Clark, Carl Lewis, of Cadillac, died June 5, 2008

Clark, Gerald E., 73, of Flint, formerly of Traverse City, died Feb. 1, 2009

Clement, Jack E., 81, of Frankfort, died Dec. 7, 2008

Clone, Gary Kenneth, of Williamsburg

Cole, Donald L., 64, of Fife Lake, died May 24, 2008

Conrad, Leonard, 89, of Gaylord, died Sept. 29, 2008

Conroy, Sherman Lee, 83, of Traverse City, died May 25, 2008

Courtade, Michael Lee, 51, of Williamsburg, died April 26, 2009

Cowles, Walter Curtis "Bud," 88, of Bellaire, died July 28, 2008

Cox, McKenzie "Mac" J., 86, of Traverse City, died April 3, 2009

Croft, Robert Lee, 73, of Manistee, died Nov, 6, 2008

Cross, James Oliver, 83, of Traverse City, died Aug. 14, 2008

Crowe, Richard Alan, 67, of Traverse City, died April 11, 2009

Crowell, Robert B., 87, of Frankfort, died Dec. 31, 2008

Curry, Marguerite M.Y., 89, of Traverse City, died Nov. 13, 2008

Cusick, James A., M.D., 73, of Lake Leelanau, died June 27, 2008

Davidson, Christopher Joel, 59, of Traverse City, died Dec. 15, 2008

Day, Kenneth Junior, 49, of Interlochen, died Dec. 18, 2008

Deater, Clifford J., 84, of Kalkaska, died Jan. 31, 2009

Decker, Robert Paul, 55, of Traverse City, died Jan. 28, 2009

Deering, Warren P., 91, of Empire, died Jan. 10, 2009

Destrampe, Keith A., 64, of Traverse City, died Aug. 5, 2008

DeTour, Frederick J., 62, of Kingsley, died Jan. 5, 2009

Dipzinski, Richard, 76, of Gaylord, died April 5, 2009

Dixon, Robert W., 84, of Traverse City, died May 17, 2009

Dorsey, Leslie T., 92, of Suttons Bay, died Dec. 30, 2008

Doyle, Robert D., 88, of Traverse City, died July 4, 2008

Dozier, Daniel Preston, 88, of Suttons Bay, died May 16, 2009

Draper, Russell L., 85, of Traverse City, died June 11, 2008

Draper, Rex Michael, 54, of Kingsley, died Feb. 23, 2009

DuCheney, Kenneth F., 72, of Traverse City, died June 3, 2008

Dunlop, Charles Gordon, 81, of Traverse City, died Nov. 1, 2008

Dwyer, Timothy James, 40, of Beaver Island, formerly of Traverse City, died Aug. 29, 2008

Dykema, David G., 59, of Traverse City, died Oct. 3, 2008

Dykhouse, Bernie, 83, of Mancelona, died May 28, 2008

Edmondson, Harold J., of Traverse City, died Aug. 2, 2008

Edwards, Charles Henry III, 64, of Henderson, Nev., formerly of Traverse City, died July 24, 2008

Ehnis, Richard B., 80, of Traverse City, died Sept. 15, 2008

Emerson, Harold Arthur, 81, of Traverse City, died Feb. 15, 2009

Enyart, Bradley Clark, 60, of Elk Rapids, died Dec. 13, 2008

Erickson, Raymond C., 87, of Maple City, died Dec. 28, 2008

Evans, Marvin Howard, 76, of Kingsley, died July 25, 2008

Feeley, Dr. Marshall John, 89, of Traverse City, died Nov. 17, 2008

Fifelski, Frank, 83, of Antrim County, died Oct. 17, 2008

Fisher, Robert G., died July 12, 2008

Fisher, Robert J., 84, of Traverse City, died Oct. 14, 2008

Flake, Madison, 100, of Mancelona, died July 3, 2008

Fleetowood, Arthur E. Fordyce, 80, of Beulah, died Feb. 19, 2009

Fraley, Lyle, 72, of Williamsburg, died June 25, 2008

Frazier, John "Paul" P., 66, of Traverse City, died Feb. 11, 2009

Frey, Richard W., 92, of Traverse City, died April 30, 2009

Gablow, George N., 60, of Richmond, formerly of Beaver Island, died July 31, 2008

*Gardner, Paul Mack, 85, of Lake Leelanau, died Aug. 5, 2007

Garneau, Douglas, 89, formerly of Traverse City, died Dec. 2, 2008

Garvin, Victor P., 94, of Traverse City, died Jan. 2, 2009

Gauthier, William Davis, 83, of Elk Rapids, died May 5, 2009

Giannestras, James Duncan, 67, of Williamsburg, died March 27, 2009

Gibson, Robert S., 63, of Norwood, died Aug. 4, 2008

Gilbert, Lawrence M., 71, of Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Frankfort, died Oct. 1, 2008

Graydon, Eroll W., 91, of Kalkaska, died Dec, 30, 2008

Green, Patrick A., 61, of Cadillac, died Dec. 26, 2008

Groesser, Francis W., 77, of Bingham Township, died June 15, 2008

Grueber, Norman A., 82, of Traverse City, died March 17, 2009

Guthrie, Donald, 84, of Gaylord, died Sept. 8, 2008

Hall, Denny, 63, of Kalkaska, died June 27, 2008

Hancock, Douglas, 73, of Gaylord, died Jan. 13, 2009

Hart, Fred Eugene, 86, of Fife Lake and Flushing, died Oct. 15, 2008

Hastings, The Rev. Theodore, 85, of Traverse City, died Aug. 14, 2008

Heller, Ralph Jeffery, of Kopalei, Hawaii, formerly of Traverse City, died April 3, 2009

Henderson, Mark Lee, 58, of Traverse City, died Nov. 30, 2008

Herman, Dorothy Dell, 87, of Arcadia, died Aug. 18, 2008

Hockstad, Paul Avis, 90, of Traverse City, died Aug. 11, 2008

Hoffman, Phillip G., 79, of Traverse City, died Aug. 17, 2008

Homiak, William, 80, of Gaylord, died Dec. 17, 2008

Hoyt, Richard, 70, of Traverse City, died Feb. 10, 2009

Hubbell, Nathan W., 28, of Traverse City, died July 28, 2008

Huff, James, 69, of Johannesburg, died Sept. 15, 2008

Hurlbut, Franklin J., 97, of Pinckney, formerly of Bendon, died April 26, 2009

Huston, Walter E., 75, of Traverse City, died July 8, 2008

Hutchinson, George Robert, 89, of Traverse City, formerly of Charlevoix, died Dec. 22, 2008

Jacobson, Paul Edward, 52, of Traverse City, died Jan. 30, 2009

James, Delus "Del" Haynes, 83, of Traverse City, died May 12, 2009

Jaycox, Wayne, 74, of Gaylord, died Dec. 9, 2008

Jensen, John "Jack" Gordon Sr., 82, of Alden, died Nov. 19, 2008

Jerome, Gerald John, 75, of Traverse City, died Aug. 10, 2008

Jeruzal, George H., 87, of Kewadin, died March 11, 2009

Johnson, Arvis A. "Andy" Jr., 84, of Glen Arbor, died Aug. 19, 2008

Johnson, Ernest Alfred, 91, of Lake Leelanau, died Sept. 4, 2008

Johnson, R. Richard, 78, of Beulah, died Oct. 1, 2008

Jones, James Otis, 74, of Traverse City, died Nov. 22, 2008

Jones, Robert J., 70, of Fife Lake, died Jan. 26, 2009

Jorgenson, Russell Arne, 82, of Traverse City, died Dec. 25, 2008

Jose, Chester, 89, of Gaylord, died Feb. 28, 2009

Kalchik, Wencel J., 91, of Gill's Pier, died Jan. 23, 2009

Kalfayan, Noubar, 89, of Gaylord, died March 31, 2009

Keen, James McCarrell, 67, of Leland, died Jan. 29, 2009

Kellogg, Philip Newton, 86, of Northport, died Jan. 1, 2009

Kent, Burton Daniel, 75, of Fife Lake, died Oct. 30, 2008

King, Ernest Walker "Ernie," 72, of Munising, formerly of Kingsley, died Nov. 9, 2008

Klein, Robert Frank, 92, of Williamsburg, died Nov. 11, 2008

Kobbins, Carl T. Jr., 82, formerly of Traverse City, died Dec. 3, 2008

Koivisto, Matt A., 98, of Traverse City, died Feb. 6, 2009

Koontz, Sidney K. 'Keith," 68, of Niles, formerly of Traverse City, died Nov. 17, 2008

Krause, Albert H., 87, of Mancelona, died Feb. 23, 2009

Kreiser, Carl A., 79, of Buckley, died Feb. 22, 2009

Krohn, Edward "Pete" Allen, 76, of Traverse City, died Nov. 25, 2008

Kroupa, Vernon "Buff" A., of Pembroke Pines, Fla., formerly of Traverse City, died Nov. 9, 2008

Kuemin, Robert J., 83, of Traverse City, died May 5, 2009

Kuerth, Esse Franklin, 69, of Beulah, died Dec. 2, 2008

LaCross, Donald C., 77, of Traverse City, died May 10, 2009

Lamarche, Bernard E., 70, of Traverse City, died Dec. 19, 2008

Lantzer, Ervin Edward, 84, of Grawn, died Sept. 29, 2008

Latuszek, Raymond, 79, of Johannesburg, died July 29, 2008

Laudermilch, Donald M., 75, of Traverse City, died Feb. 10, 2009

Lenartowicz, Louis, 95, of Gaylord, died Dec. 6, 2008

Lewandowski, Edmund, 85, of Gaylord, died Jan. 26, 2009

Lubbinge, Roland E., 78, of Elk Rapids, died June 20, 2008

Lynch, Donald Faye, 86, of Traverse City, died April 4, 2009

Lynch, William K., of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Traverse City, died July 5, 2008

MacDonald, Robert, 78, of Gaylord/Vanderbilt area, died May 27, 2008

Macksey, Arthur W., 67, of Suttons Bay and Harvest, Ala., died July 19, 2008

Makowski, Richard, 74, of Gaylord, died Jan. 3, 2009

Marchak, Eugene, 86, of Traverse City, formerly of Southfield and Palm Coast, Fla., died Feb. 13, 2009

Markham, Charles R., 50, of Mancelona, died Sept. 23, 2008

Mang, William J., 87, of Midland, formerly of Traverse City, died July 11, 2008

Marlow, Gene Elliott, 82, of Traverse City, died June 24, 2008

Martin, William Gale, 85, of Glen Arbor and Venice, Fla., died Sept. 2, 2008

Martindale, LeRoy E., 80, of Traverse City, died Feb. 24, 2009

McCarthy, Charles F., 80, of Lake Leelanau, died March 12, 2009

McCauley, Dale D., 77, of Traverse City, died March 28, 2009

McConnell, John Russell, 92, of Santa Rosa, Calif., formerly of Traverse City, died Oct. 25, 2008

McKisson, John Clay, 91, of Leland and Naples Fla., died April 2, 2009

McNinch, LeeRoy R. "Mac," 85, of Interlochen, died Jan. 9, 2009

Meachum, Lawrence Harvey, 75, of Traverse City, died Dec. 10, 2008

Meinke, Albert H. Jr., 89, of Kewadin, died March 18, 2009

Merchant, James Hayes Sr., 73, of Kewadin, died Aug. 26, 2008

Meredith, Burnard F., 84, of Traverse City, died June 18, 2008

Merkel, Robert J., 82, of Traverse City, died Jan. 18, 2009

Miller, Dean D., 80, of Traverse City, died Sept. 7, 2008

Miller, Jackie P., 77, of Grawn, died April 22, 2009

Miller, Violet Loyezelle (Usewick), 86, of Mesick, died Sept. 2, 2008

Miller, William Riley, 81, of Old Mission Peninsula, died Dec. 8, 2008

Milliken, John Grawn, of Traverse City, died Sept. 16, 2008

Mix, Dale Elwood, 90, of Benzonia, died Oct. 16, 2008

Mocere, Paul J., 81, of Traverse City, died Dec. 14, 2008

Moening, James P. "Jim," 81, of Traverse City and Tallahassee, Fla., died April 2, 2009

Moore, Jerry Lee, 64, of Grand Traverse County, died Sept. 9, 2008

Moore, Orllie D., 88, of Springdale Twp., died Oct. 26, 2008

Mosora, John, 82, of Gaylord, died May 29, 2008

Munn, Robert J., 86, of Traverse City, died Jan. 25, 2009

Murtha, Robert A., 74, of Traverse City, died in 2009

Myers, Gerald, 91, of Gaylord, died March 2, 2009

Nelson, James M., 70, of Kewadin, died Jan. 27, 2009

Newkirk, Thomas Earl, 69, of Mancelona, died Jan. 29, 2009

Newsome, Harry C. Jr., 89, of Gaylord, died Jan. 25, 2009

Norton, Byron Keith, 78, of Frankfort, died July 28, 2008

Norton, Lowell William, 67, of Traverse City, died Feb. 22, 2009

Novotny, Frank Jr., 90, of Bellaire, formerly of Eastport and Charlevoix, died Dec. 13, 2008

O'Connell, Paul F., 80, of Gaylord, died April 22, 2009

O'Hara, John M., 80, of Cedar, died Nov. 3, 2008

Orr, James E. "Gene," 82, of Benzie County, died Jan. 7, 2009

Orton, Cleo Don, 77, of Thompsonville, died July 23, 2008

Page, Robert L., 73, of Traverse City, died June 3, 2008

Parks, Thomas Jay, 56, of Kingsley, died March 9, 2009

Parsons, James Michael, 39, of Benzonia, died May 11, 2009

Peckham, Delmar Dee "Del," 77, of Traverse City, died Aug. 19, 2008

Pekkala, James R., 86, of Traverse City, died Dec. 29, 2008

Peplinski, Stephen, 84, of Bradenton, Fla., formerly of Leelanau County, died Sept. 18, 2008

Perry, Donald G., 82, of Bellaire, died March 21, 2009

Peterson, John Martin, 83, of Traverse City, died Sept. 23, 2008

Petty, James "Keith," 93, of South Boardman, died Dec. 2, 2008

Pickle, Ronald G. 52, of Mesick, died Aug. 11, 2008

Pike, Keith, 77, of DeLand, Fla., formerly of Mesick, died July 7, 2008

Pirek, Edward, 87, of Traverse City, died March 18, 2009

Plamondon, Albert J., 89, of Lake Leelanau, died Feb. 18, 2009

Plough, William Seth, 88, of Traverse City, died Dec. 16, 2008

Protzel, Irene (Bugai) Endress, 85, of Traverse City, died May 25, 2008

Rachow, Richard, 60, of Johannesburg, died Aug. 12, 2008

Randall, Miner Joseph, 83, of Traverse City, died July 28, 2008

Ransom, James Edward, 82, of Traverse City, died Feb. 16, 2008

Ray, Carl John, 62, of Barker Creek, died July 31, 2008

Rauth, Paul Alvis, 77, of Marshall, formerly of Frankfort, died Sept. 23, 2008

Redfield, Sidney W., 67, of Traverse City, died June 19, 2008

Rehberg, Roger, 77, of Gaylord, died Oct. 30, 2008

Renner, Dr. Raymond, 80, of Gaylord, died Oct. 15, 2008

Rethman, Robert John, 81, of Jacksonville, Fla., formerly of Traverse City, died Dec. 13, 2008

Rettmann, James K. "Jim," 80, of Traverse City, died May 11, 2009

Richards, William P., 80, of Traverse City, died Dec. 12, 2008

Richardson, Larry Arnold, 70, of Mesick, died Oct. 10, 2008

Richardson, Robert Leroy, 85, of Kalkaska, died March 3, 2009

Robbins, James Arthur, 86, of Traverse City, died Jan. 20, 2009

Rockwood, John M. Sr., 93, of Traverse City, died Dec. 12, 2008

Roebke, Leonard A., 73, of Traverse City, died June 28, 2008

Rokos, Robert Carl, 83, of Traverse City, died June 16, 2008

Roth, Frederick William Jr., of Leland, died Feb. 6, 2009

Rothaug, Paul G. Jr., 69, of Northport, died March 5, 2009

Roux, Claude R., 72, of Bellaire, died Sept. 18, 2008

Ruhmann, Clarence M. "Doc," 87, of Rochester Hills, formerly of Traverse City, died July 5, 2008

Ruoff, Conrad J., 79, of Interlochen, died July 31, 2008

Rutledge, James, 81, of Waters, died Jan. 17, 2009

Sandison, John "Jack" McHattie, 93, of Elk Rapids, died Feb. 24, 2009

Sawkins, Penelope Sebella, 102, of Traverse City, died April 27, 2009

Schlueter, Sandra M., 61, of Traverse City, died Nov. 15, 2008

Schmidt, Frederick J., 70, of Traverse City, died Oct. 19, 2008

Schmidt, John H., 85, of Suttons Bay, died Oct. 8, 2008

Schmidtendorff, Lyle, 101, of Muskegon, formerly of Buckley, died May 9, 2009

Schrader, Max H., 91, of Traverse City, died June 15, 2008

Schwartz, Earl, 84, of Johannesburg, died Jan. 28, 2009

Scott, Allen Curtis, 88, of Traverse City, died July 31, 2008

Seigh, Ralph T. III, 79, of Traverse City, died May 16, 2009

Shaffer, George W., 88, of Traverse City, died June 21, 2008

Shimek, George J. Sr., 89, of Dallas, N.C., formerly of Traverse City, died Aug. 18, 2008

Shook, Larry Allen, 61, of Kalkaska, died Sept. 1, 2008

Sill, William H., 83, of Haslett, summer resident of Beulah, died Oct. 7, 2008

Sisson, Franklin Gay, 89, of Traverse City, died Feb. 13, 2009

Skay, R. Kenneth, 75, of Traverse City, died March 5, 2009

Slagal, Paul William, 80, of Traverse City, died Aug. 10, 2008

Slaughter, Joseph Hudson, 99, of Kalamazoo, formerly of Suttons Bay, died Nov. 8, 2008

Smith, John J. "JJ", 72, of Traverse City, died Aug. 31, 2008

Smith, John W., 64, of Mancelona, died Jan. 25, 2009

Smith, Larry Alfred, 70, of Traverse City, died Oct. 11, 2008

Smith, Leon Morris, 81, of Suttons Bay, died Nov. 30, 2008

Smith, Max H., 95, of Central Lake, died Jan. 30, 2009

Smith, Ralph Raymond Jr., 75, of Traverse City, died April 5, 2009

Smith, Robert N. "Bob," 75, of Traverse City, died Dec. 4, 2008

Snetting, Ernest Milton, 86, of Plant City, Fla., formerly of Traverse City, died Oct. 21, 2007

Soltys, Edward V., 78, of Traverse City, died Dec. 17, 2008

Soule, Gerald Raymond, 89, of Elberta, died Oct. 11, 2008

Spence, Victor Thomas, 90, of Traverse City, died July 10, 2008

Spencer, E.R. "Seab," 89, of Traverse City, died Jan. 19, 2009

Stachnik, Isadore "Dude" Jr., 78, of Cedar, died Jan. 13, 2009

Stallman, Gerard, 90, of Suttons Bay, died Dec. 30, 2008

Stephenson, Clair D., 83, of Traverse City, died April 25, 2009

Stevenson, John R. "Jack," 85, of Traverse City, died Aug. 21, 2008

Stiles, Donald E., 82, of Honor, died Sept. 11, 2008

Stefaniac, Raymond A., 92, of Maple City, died Feb. 21, 2009

Streichert, John H., 73, of Traverse City, died July 24, 2008

Storing, George, 88, of Wolverine, died July 26, 2008

Stuart, Gilbert Clarence, 83, of Frankfort, died May 15, 2009

Stucky, Robert, 84, of Gaylord, died April 5, 2009

Stutesman, Jack, 75, of Gaylord, died March 16, 2009

Sundeen, John Victor, 71, of Traverse City, died Aug. 12, 2008

Swaney, Aubrey, 88, of Lake Ann, died Dec. 28, 2008

Swiderski, Walter S., 65, of Vanderbilt, died April 7, 2009

Swisher, Kenneth Allen, 53, of Bear Lake, did Nov. 3, 2008

Taube, Norman Kenneth, 68, of Torch Lake, died Sept. 28, 2008

Tegel, Paul A. Sr., 91, of Traverse City, died Nov. 22, 2008

Terry, Gerald C. Sr., 89, of Grayling, died Dec. 27, 2008

Theisen, Lloyd, 73, of Gaylord, died Nov. 3, 2008

Thompson, Donald Huston, 73, of Leland, died June 5, 2008

Thompson, Eugene Leverne, 81, of Traverse City, died June 20, 2008

Thomson, James P., 78, of Traverse City, died Jan. 13, 2009

Thornburg, Owen, 59, of Roseville, formerly of Kalkaska, died Aug. 25, 2008

Thornburg, Walter E., 80, of Kalkaska, died Oct. 18, 2008

Tober, Don, 72, of Vanderbilt, died Feb. 15, 2009

Traylor, Joseph Edward Sr., 85, of Kingsley, died March 22, 2009

Ulrey, Ernest, 88, of Kewadin, died Sept. 22, 2008

Vanderburg, Maurice Gordon, 89, of Suttons Bay, died Dec. 20, 2008

VanEenenaam, Julius Harold Jr., 78, of Traverse City, died July 1, 2008

Van Epps, William Ivan "Bill," 84, of Traverse City, died May 12, 2009

Varley, Dr. John Patrick "Jack," 88, of Bingham Twp., died Nov. 2, 2008

Van Pelt, Chester V., 79, of Traverse City, died March 26, 2009

Verreau, Julius 'Jud' W., 95, of Traverse City, died Jan. 20, 2009

Wallace, Robert H. "Bob," 80, of Traverse City, died June 3, 2008

Walters, Sylvester "Bess", 84, of Traverse City, died Oct. 5, 2008

Walton, Donald L., of Hudson, Fla., formerly of Traverse City, died June 25, 2008

Walton, James C., 87, of Waukesha, Wis., and Crystal Lake, died May 29, 2008

Wander, Keith Riger, 45, of Morgan Hill, Calif., formerly of Suttons Bay, died Aug. 30, 2008

Wares, Walter Leroy, 87, of Traverse City, died Nov. 30, 2008

Weindorf, Louis George, 82, of Traverse City, died May 22, 2008

Weih, Jack Evans, of Traverse City, died Oct. 21, 2008

Weisse, Robert August, 87, of Traverse City, died Aug. 27, 2008

Weisell, William Beil, 96, of Bloomington, Ind., summer resident of Old Mission, died March 3, 2009

Weitz, Harry Leonard, 99, of Traverse City, died Feb. 5, 2009

Wells, Herschel "Doc" J., 85, of Traverse City, died April 21, 2009

White, William, 81, of Gaylord, died April 28, 2009

Wiesler, Edith J., 87, of Traverse City, died Nov. 28, 2008

Williams, Richard Lee, 57, of Grayling, died Nov. 21, 2008

Winowiecki, Frank E., 78, of Cedar, died Feb. 20, 2009

Winship, Thomas W., 74, of Suttons Bay, died April 21, 2009

Winters, Leslie "Bud" J., 89, of Traverse City, died Feb. 11, 2009

Wolf, Paul, 82, of Gaylord, died March 11, 2009

Wood, Stanley I., 79, of Traverse City, died March 12, 2009

Wuotila, Andrew A. "Andy," 84, of Mesick, died May 11, 2009

Wurm, James Louis, 58, of Sparta, Tenn., formerly of Traverse City, died Nov. 16, 2008

Yaster, Clayton James, 75, of Interlochen, died March 15, 2009

Zaborowski, Martin, 87, of Gaylord, died Sept. 18, 2008

Zang, William Dee, 78, of Beulah, died April 21, 2009

Zeigler, Charles F., 93, of Leland, died Aug. 17, 2008

Zetzman, Ernest George Jr., of Fife Lake, died Dec, 18, 2008

Zimmerman-McCluskey, A. Jane, 91, of Canton, formerly of Interlochen, died Feb. 18, 2009

Zoyhofski, Eugene Arthur, 71, of Empire, died Oct. 1, 2008

* Veterans who were omitted from the 2007-2008 list.