Obituary Listing

Feb 22, 2019

Darlene Davidson, a lifelong resident of Caro, passed away at her home on Friday, February 22, 2019 at the age of 85. Darlene was born December 17, 1933 on the family farm in Caro, the daughter of the late William & Mina (Westphal) Putnam. She graduated from Caro High School with the class of 1951 and later attended Michigan...

Feb 20, 2019

Pauline L. Layer of Caro, age 97, passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at the Tuscola County Medical Care Community with her loving family by her side. Pauline was born November 24, 1921 in Detroit, the daughter of the late George and Helen (Paurich) Kovich. She graduated from Whittemore-Prescott High School with the class of 1939 and began...

Feb 19, 2019

Larry "Taco" Sauceda of Caro, age 75, passed away on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at the Tuscola County Medical Care Community in Caro. Larry was born December 17, 1943 in Bryan, Texas, the son of the late Ben and Leona (Ortiz) Sauceda. In his younger years, he enjoyed carpentry, drywalling and ship building. In more recent years, he had...

Feb 18, 2019

Mary Irene Atkinson of Caro, age 68, passed away on Monday, February 18, 2019 at her home. Mary was born July 16, 1950. She was employed for many years at nursing homes in Florida and Michigan. Mary had attended the Catholic church in Kinde. She enjoyed crocheting, and especially liked shopping at thrift stores and garage sales. Mary is...

Feb 16, 2019

Sally Ann Joles of Akron, age 87, passed away on Saturday, February 16, 2019 at Carey's Young at Heart AFC Home in Caro. Sally was born January 8, 1932 in Fairgrove, the daughter of the late Earl & Laura (Fitchett) Randall. Sally's mother died when she was a young girl, and was raised by her step-mother, Mildred (Sharp) Randall....

Feb 16, 2019

Eldon Jay "Al"  Beachy, 88, of Caseville, passed away peacefully Saturday, February 16, 2019 at Honor Health Medical Center in Scottsdale, Arizona of natural causes.

Al was born December 31, 1930 in Bay Port to the late Benjamin and Sadie (Ropp) Beachy. He graduated from Pigeon High School in 1949. He married Joanne Caister on January 17,...

Feb 15, 2019

Susan (Brown) Deline of Mayville, age 69, passed away on Friday, February 15, 2019 at St. Mary's of Michigan in Saginaw. Susan was born September 3, 1949, the daughter of Oliver and Betty (Kilbourn) Beebe. Her husbands, Dennis Brown, Sr. and Marshal "Butch" Deline, preceded her in death. Susan graduated from Saginaw Valley State University with a degree in...

Feb 11, 2019

Michael John Kowalski of Caro, age 91, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2019 at Medilodge of Cass City. Mike was born September 27, 1927 in Caro, the son of the late John & Anna (Wojcik) Kowalski. He was employed for over thirty years with the Cigarette Service Company in Detroit, retiring in 1988. Mike was a member of...

Feb 10, 2019

Timothy Ashley Simecki, 36, of Caseville, passed away Sunday, February 10, 2019.

Tim was born July 5, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington to Bryan and Margaret (Seman) Simecki. He graduated from Caseville High School in 2000. He served his country in the United States Army National Guard, including a tour of duty in Iraq in 2005 attached to...

Feb 7, 2019

Madeline Rose Swanquist, 97, of Caseville, died Thursday, February 7, 2019 at Courtney Manor in Bad Axe.

Madeline was born July 28, 1921 in Detroit to the late Jules and Madeline (DeKernick) Ronse. She married Warren Oscar Swanquist May 2, 1942 in Detroit; he preceded her in death March 27, 2015. In 1979 she moved from Dearborn...

Feb 6, 2019

Blanche F. Juhasz of Caro, age 93, passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at Heritage Hill Assisted Living in Caro. Blanche was born May 30, 1925 in Akron, Ohio and moved to Tuscola County with her parents, Peter and Anna Koza, when she was one year old. She graduated from Vassar High School in 1943, and from Bay...

Feb 4, 2019

Daniel J. “Cheeks” Bruce, 66, of Elkton died Monday, February 4, 2019 at University Hospital in Ann Arbor after a short illness.

Dan was born March 19, 1952 in Bad Axe to the late John and Bernadine (Gelnaw) Bruce. He graduated from Laker High School in 1971. He married Sally A. Reinke June 17, 1995 in Elkton....

Feb 3, 2019

Toni Jean Petrie Newell, 53, of Bay Port died Sunday, February 3, 2019 at Huron County Medical Care Facility in Bad Axe.

She was born December 21 1965 in Belleville to Betty (Rivest) and the late Wayne Petrie. She graduated from Laker High School in 1983. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 30 years ago though that...

Feb 2, 2019

Gerald Hurshburger of Bay City, age 80, passed away on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at McLaren - Bay Region in Bay City. Jerry was born August 6, 1938 in Cass City, the son of the late Gerald D. and Ada J. (Barrons) Hurshburger, and was a 1956 graduate of Caro High School. He proudly served his country with the...

Feb 1, 2019

Frank William Karle II, 61, of Unionville, died Friday, February 1, 2019 at McLaren-Bay Region Hospital in Bay City.

Frank was born May 2, 1957 in Pigeon to the late Frank and Delores (Maxwell) Karle. He graduated from Cass City High School. He married Odile J. Smith on January 22, 1977 at St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church...

Feb 1, 2019

On February 1st, 2019, Joseph Dennis Krastes, known mainly as Dennis, passed away surrounded by his loving family at the age of 78. Dennis was born in Wyandotte, MI on August 11, 1940 to Joseph and Rita (Garant) Krastes. He graduated from Roosevelt High School and served in the Marines. He married Rose Wiederhold on September 9, 1995. He worked...

Feb 1, 2019

Richard Piotr Babiszewski, 58, of Elkton, died Friday, February 1, 2019 at McLaren Hospital in Flint.

Rick was born February 18, 1960 in Bad Axe to Fannie (nee Soule) and the late Mike Babiszewski. He graduated from Laker High School in 1978 and worked as a baker at Main Street Bakery in Pigeon. He enjoyed fishing, bowling,...

Jan 31, 2019

Jesse Aguilera of Sebewaing, age 60, passed away on Thursday, January 31, 2019 at his home. Jesse was born September 25, 1958 in San Antonio, Texas, and moved to Michigan in 1966. Jesse was employed with Michigan Sugar Company for more than forty-one years prior to his retirement. Jesse was an EMT and volunteer firefighter in the communities of...

Jan 29, 2019

Devona Marie Malkowski of Pigeon, age 72, passed away on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at her home. Devona was born July 3, 1946 in Brown City, the daughter of the late George and Minnie (Blackmer) Kile. She was united in marriage with Roman Malkowski on May 10, 1969 at the Baptist Church in Clifford, and preceded her in death...

Jan 28, 2019

Lowell D. “Pete” Swartzendruber, 79, of Pigeon, died Monday, January 28, 2019 at Scheurer Hospital in Pigeon.

Pete was born September 15, 1939 in Winsor Twp to the late Glenn and Erma (Yoder) Swartzendruber. He graduated from Pigeon High School. He married Cathern M. Noakes on September 22, 1963 at Central Christian Church in Indianapolis.

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