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Mark Dennis Horn
Jan 29, 2018
Mark Dennis Horn of Caro, age 62, passed away at his home on Monday, January 29, 2018. Mark was born June 11, 1955 in Detroit, the son of the late Nick Donald Horn & Joyce Ellaine (Erwin) Horn. Born and raised in Detroit, he graduated from Chadsey High School with the class of 1973. Shortly after his graduation, Mark...
Mark Allen Pifer
Jan 28, 2018
Mark Allen Pifer of Caro, age 57, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, January 28, 2018. Mark was born January 23, 1961 in Flint, the son of the late Raymond & Ann (Krywy) Pifer. He was united in marriage with the former Sallie Beth Parker on December 6, 2003 in Caro. Mark was a very silent man, taking a "vow...
Harold "Buck" Hartley
Jan 27, 2018
Harold "Buck" Hartley of Cass City, age 58, passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at McLaren-Bay Region in Bay City. Buck was born December 12, 1959 in Rantoul, Illinois, the son of the late Frank & Frances (Combs) Hartley. He was united in marriage with the former Alene Dyleski Boughan on August 21, 2003 at the Methodist Church...
Richard Eugene Rinker
Jan 27, 2018
Richard Eugene Rinker of Caro, age 83, passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at St. Mary's of Michigan in Saginaw. Dick was born October 25, 1934 in Elmira, New York, the son of the late Benjamin & Myrtle (Moore) Rinker. He graduated from Elmira South Side High School with the class of 1952. Dick was united in marriage...
Manuel Vernon Garza
Jan 27, 2018
Manuel V. Garza, 81, of Sebewaing, died Saturday, January 27, 2018 at McLaren Bay Region Hospital in Bay City.
Manuel was born March 22, 1936 in Castorville, Texas to the late Alejandro and Suzie (Martinez) Garza. He served in the US Marine Corps during the Korean War. He married Evangelina Flores on June 6, 1957 in Pigeon. ...
Sharon Kay Powell
Jan 26, 2018
Sharon Kay Powell, 77, of Bad Axe went home to be with her heavenly Father on Friday, January 26, 2018 while under hospice care at Meadow Lane Assisted Living, with family by her side.
She was born January 7, 1941, in Bedford, Indiana the daughter of the late Herman W. and Luvina M. (Hampton) Box. Her family...
Penelope Sandra "Penny" Haney
Jan 25, 2018
Penelope Sandra "Penny" Haney of San Diego, California, passed away on January 25, 2018. Penny was born May 6, 1941 in Caro, the daughter of the late Rita F. (Campbell) Hitchings and Glenn E. Hitchings, and was a 1959 graduate of Caro High School. In 1957, while working at the Strand Theatre, she met Lloyd Haney. They married on...
Marie Lynn Kanyak
Jan 24, 2018
Marie Lynn Kanyak, 55, of Caseville & Blue Ridge, Georgia went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at her home in Georgia with family by her side after a bout with cancer.
Marie was born March 8, 1962 to Sylvia (Cilc) Kanyak and the late Donald Mitchell Kanyak Sr of Caseville. Marie was...
Pearl Barbara Gielow
Jan 24, 2018
Pearl Barbara Gielow, 96, of Pigeon, formerly of Sterling Heights, died Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at the United Hospice Service of Marlette Hospital.
She was born December 26, 1921 in Detroit to the late Frank and Pearl (Kosecki) Klimek. She married James W. Gielow on March 4, 1946 at St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church in...
Joyce Iris Miller
Jan 24, 2018
Joyce Iris Miller, 87, of Port Austin, passed away on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, at Courtney Manor in Bad Axe where her late husband also passed September 28, 2016. Both lived healthy lives to the end, and had sudden strokes to the brain stem, dying peacefully and at rest with family surrounding them in a manner they had always...
James H. Nelson
Jan 23, 2018
James H. Nelson of Caro, age 49, passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at Covenant Health Care - Harrison in Saginaw. He was born February 7, 1968. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 8, 2018 at the Ransford Collon Funeral Home in Caro with Rev. Michele Hile officiating. Friends may call at...
Jerald A. "Jerry" Swinehart
Jan 22, 2018
Jerald A. "Jerry" Swinehart of Fairgrove, age 72, passed away on Monday, January 22, 2018 at his home. Jerry was born December 27, 1945 in Mt. Morris, the son of the late Paul Allen and Mary (Kenworthy) Swinehart. He was united in marriage with the former Pamelia Poullion on July 9, 1977 at the Gilford United Methodist Church, and...
Patricia Elaine Lentner
Jan 21, 2018
Patricia Elaine Lentner, age 64, of Sebewaing, passed away peacefully Sunday, January 21, 2018, at Covenant (Cooper) Hospital in Saginaw.
Patty was born December 27, 1953, in Sebewaing, to Vivian (Deming) and Glenn Higgins and Oscar Gotham. She married David Lentner in October of 2002. He preceded her in death March 2014. Patty's dream was to become...
Julia Alice Van Bevern
Jan 21, 2018
Julia A. Van Bevern, age 94, of Unionville, passed away at her home on Sunday, January 21, 2018.
Julia was born on April 1, 1923, to Adiel and Bertha (VanHoov) Vermeersch. She married Cyriel Van Bevern on August 12, 1944, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Unionville. She enjoyed helping her husband on their farm. She also...
Clare Frick
Jan 20, 2018
Clare Frick of Caro, age 93, passed away on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at the Cartwright Hospice Residence in Saginaw, following a brief battle with cancer. Clare was born January 16, 1925 in Caro, the son of the late Homer and Ethel (Robinson) Frick, and was a lifelong area resident. He walked away from school three days before his...
James V. Spencer
Jan 18, 2018
James V. Spencer of Caro, age 71, passed away on Thursday, January 18, 2018 at Covenant Health Care - Cooper in Saginaw. Jim was born November 22, 1946 in Cass City, and was a 1965 graduate of Caro High School. Jim proudly served his country with the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War from 1966-1969. He later worked for...
Keith W. Haley
Jan 18, 2018
Keith W. Haley, age 88, passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 18, 2018.
Keith was born in Bad Axe on September 11, 1929, to William and Vera (Pepper) Haley. He married Hope Wurtz on June 6, 1953. Keith was an active member at Trinity United Methodist Church in Sebewaing. He enjoyed farming, camping, making rockets,...
Doris J. Jacobs
Jan 18, 2018
Doris J. Jacobs, age 93, of Pigeon, passed away Thursday, January 18, 2018, at the Huron County Medical care Facility in Bad Axe.
Doris was born in Port Huron on April 15, 1924, to George and Grace (DesJardin) Robarts. After completing college with a teaching certificate, she taught in numerous one room school houses in Huron County...
Elda H. Weidner
Jan 18, 2018
Elda H. Weidner, age 98, of Sebewaing, passed away January 18, 2018, at Courtney Manor Nursing Home in Bad Axe.
Elda was born in Sebewaing on April 10, 1919, to Ferdinand and Hilda (Pobanz) Weidner. Elda worked as a clerk for Rummels, Esterlein's and Engelhardt Petroleum. She was a baptized, confirmed and a member at Immanuel Lutheran...
Jeffery S. Anderson
Jan 18, 2018
Jeffery Scott Anderson, 61, of Denver, Colorado died January 18, 2018 in Colorado surrounded by his family.
Jeffery was born July 30, 1956 in Detroit to Robert and Joan (Corcoran) Anderson. He graduated from Bloomfield Hills High School in 1974 and then moved to Colorado. He enjoyed spending summers on Sand Point, waterskiing, snow skiing, and reading....
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