Traverse City Record-Eagle

Deaths in the Region

March 13, 2010

Deaths in the Region: 03/14/2010

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

-- James A. Thomas, 65, of Mancelona, died March 2; Mortensen Funeral Home, Mancelona.

-- Donald Charles Fedrigon Sr., 85, of Elk Rapids, died March 5; Covell Funeral Home, Elk Rapids.

-- Alan L. Knight, 54, of Bellaire, died March 6; Mortensen Funeral Home, Bellaire.

-- Warren J. Upthegrove, 82, of Mancelona, died March 6; Mortensen Funeral Home, Mancelona.

-- Patricia C. Turk, 78, of Bellaire, died March 8; Mortensen Funeral Home, Bellaire.

-- James W. Clayton, 81, of Central Lake, died March 11; Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Robert B. Laramie, 82, of Bellaire, died March 11; Mortensen Funeral Home, Bellaire.

-- Henry H. Heeres, 90, of Ellsworth, died March 12; Hastings Funeral Home, Ellsworth.

BENZIE

-- Norman Ray Waters, 82, of Frankfort, died March 4; Bennett-Barz Funeral Home, Beulah.

-- Joan M. Cleghorn, 81, of Benzonia, died March 5; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Penny Alice Zimmerman, 62, of Benzonia, died March 7; Bennett-Barz Funeral Home, Beulah.

-- Gladys Mae Adams, 87, of Beulah, died March 11; Bennett-Barz Funeral Home, Beulah.

-- Neil James Schwartz, 78, of Frankfort, died March 11; Jowett Family Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Benzonia.

CHARLEVOIX

-- Jeffrey Bakker, 53, of Charlevoix, died March 11; Winchester Funeral Home, Charlevoix.

CHEBOYGAN

-- Elizabeth Jean "Betty" Bur, 79, of Cheboygan, died March 9.

CRAWFORD

-- Stanley Vern Rohde, 71, of Grayling, died Feb. 28; Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Will David Smith, 71, of Grayling, died March 8; Sorenson-Lockwood Funeral Home, Grayling.

-- Ardath M. Roberts, 54, of Grayling, died March 11; Sorenson-Lockwood Funeral Home, Grayling.

-- Donna Visnaw, 82, of Grayling, died March 11; Sorenson-Lockwood Funeral Home, Grayling.

EMMET

-- Ambra Behling, of Petoskey, died March 4; Stackus Funeral Home, Boyne City.

-- John E. Hughey, 69, of Petoskey, died March 6; Charles G. Parks Funeral Home, Petoskey.

-- John W. Fischer, of Harbor Springs, died March 7; Schiller Funeral Home, Harbor Springs.

-- Timothy R. Burkhart, 29, of Levering, died March 8; Charles G. Parks Funeral Home, Petoskey.

-- Thorbern C. Pauley, 72, of Alanson, died March 9; Stackus Funeral Home, Boyne City.

GRAND TRAVERSE

-- Willard "Bill" Weitschat, of Traverse City, died March 1; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Jack Harvey Peterson, 87, of Traverse City, died March 5; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Lewis Hugh Ealy Jr., 83, of Traverse City, died March 6; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Celia T. Fleese, 87, of Traverse City, died March 7; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Dale R. Stilson, 99, of Holland, Ohio, formerly of Traverse City, died March 7; Neville Funeral Home, Holland, Ohio.

-- Gary Lee Weber, 73, of Traverse City, died March 7; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Robert C. "Bob" Alspaugh, 86, of Traverse City, died March 8; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- James Wilbur Hoekje, 77, of Traverse City, died March 8; Oak Grove Cremation Center, Manistee.

-- Clyde Mack Hayes, 89, of Lambertville, formerly of Traverse City, died March 9; Bedford Funeral Chapel, Temperance.

-- Richard Newman, 86, of Traverse City, died March 10; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Richard W. Marr, 79, of Traverse City, died March 11; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Rex Archie Balentine, 79, of Traverse City, died March 12; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

-- Robert David Parkhurst, 55, of Traverse City, died March 13; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.

KALKASKA

-- Anthony Oliver Murphy, 30, of Kalkaska, died March 4; Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, Kalkaska.

-- Beverly June York, 82, of Kalkaska, died March 5; Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, Kalkaska.

-- Douglas J. Haskin, 83, of South Boardman, died March 6; Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, Kalkaska.

LEELANAU

-- Josephine Snook, of Suttons Bay, died March 4.

-- Naomi Elizabeth Taylor, 95, of Empire, formerly of Greenville, died March 4; Martinson Funeral Home, Suttons Bay.

-- Lester Allen Smith, 66, of Suttons Bay, died March 5; Covell Funeral Home, Kingsley.

-- Charles C. Hoover, 60, of Empire, died March 11; Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, Kalkaska.

-- Eunice M. Kahrs, 93, of Leland, died March 12; Martinson Funeral Home, Suttons Bay.

MANISTEE

-- Donna K. LaMunyon, 64, of Manistee, died March 5; Herbert Funeral Home, Manistee.

-- Cheryl Lynn Wagoner, 61, of Onekama, died March 6; Oak Grove Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Bear Lake.

-- Monica V. Tomicki, 93, of Manistee, died March 7; Herbert Funeral Home, Manistee.

-- Diana Evelyn Feeley, 65, of Kaleva, died March 8; Terwilliger Funeral Home, Kaleva.

-- Suzanne E. Nowak, 92, of Manistee, died March 10; Herbert Funeral Home, Manistee.

OTSEGO

-- Marjorie Berigan, 75, of Gaylord, died March 6; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.

-- Robert Pewinski, of Johannesburg, died March 8; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.

-- Phillip Whitehouse, 56, of Gaylord, died March 9; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.

-- Edward Elgart, 80, of Gaylord, died March 12; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.

-- Virginia Kravetz, 84, of Gaylord, died March 12; Nelson Funeral Home, Gaylord.

WEXFORD

-- Eileen Adaline (Melnick) LaRoche Tithof, 79, of Buckley, died March 4.

-- Mildred E. Flanagan, of Manton, died March 5; Hall Funeral Chapel, Manton.

-- Donald (Guy) Lee Wood, 72, of Cadillac, died March 5.

-- Mary Alice Duke, 65, of Harrietta, died March 8; Hitesman-Holdship Funeral Home, Cadillac.

-- Paul Gadzinski, 57, of Mesick died March 9; Hall Funeral Chapel, Manton.

-- Mary Ruth Warren, 75, of Midland, formerly of Mesick, died March 11; Terwilliger Funeral Home, Kaleva.

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