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Harley Barber

Harley Barber

Sep 27, 2016

Harley Barber of Caro, age 94, passed away on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at Medilodge in Cass City. Harley was born March 3, 1922 in Bay City, the son of the late Wilford and Cecelia (LaFond) Barber. He was united in marriage with the former Daisy May Caswell on April 23, 1957 in Gary, Indiana, and she survives him....

Isabel G. Leipprandt

Isabel G. Leipprandt

Sep 27, 2016

Isabel G. Leipprandt, 94 of Pigeon, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at Courtney Manor in Bad Axe. Born in Caseville, she was the daughter of Robert W. and Maida N. (Musselman) Frank. On June 7, 1941 she was united in marriage with Waldo Leipprandt in Caseville. He preceded her in death in 1967. Isabel was a member of Scheurer...

Doris Ann Labeau

Doris Ann Labeau

Sep 26, 2016

Doris Ann LaBeau, 68, of Caseville died Monday, September 26, 2016 at McLaren Bay Region Hospital in Bay City. Doris was born March 2, 1948 in Mt. Clemens and she was raised by her late mother Doris and late step-father Charles Thompson. She married Eugene LaBeau on November 26, 1965 in East Detroit. Having had a cottage in Caseville...

Irene Gardy

Irene Gardy

Sep 26, 2016

Irene Gardy, age 90 of Pigeon, passed away Monday, September 26, 2016 at Country Gardens in Pigeon. Born at the Quarry in Bay Port on January 3, 1926 to William and Mary (Rehbein) Roeber, she attended and graduated from the Quarry School. On July 18, 1947 she was united in marriage to George L. Gardy in Pigeon. They had been...

Kody David Serges

Kody David Serges

Sep 24, 2016

Kody David Serges, age 26, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2016 while on duty with the United States Navy, stationed at the Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia. Kody was born August 4, 1990 in Bay City, the son of David & Jodi (Fulton) Serges, and was a 2008 graduate of Caro High School. Shortly after his graduation, Kody...

Virgil Timko

Virgil Timko

Sep 22, 2016

Virgil Timko of Caro, age 81, passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at Medilodge in Cass City, following a brief illness. Virgil was born on June 3, 1935 at the family home in Almer Township, the son of the late John, Sr. and Jessie (Roman) Timko. He was united in marriage with the former June Ann Wilsie on...

Russell M. Gonyou

Russell M. Gonyou

Sep 22, 2016

Russell Martin Gonyou, age 88, of Sebewaing, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2016, at Bay Medical Care Facility in Essexville. Russell was born in Oxford, Michigan, on December 15, 1927, son of the late John and Leatha (Ashley) Gonyou. He graduated from South Lake High School in St. Clair Shores. He served honorably in the United States Marine Corp.- Air...

Lillian N. Koehler

Lillian N. Koehler

Sep 20, 2016

Lillian N. Koehler, age 84 of Pigeon, passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at Scheurer Hospital with her family by her side. Lillian was born at home in Verona Township on April 6, 1932. She was the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Semeneuk) Hnatiuk of Cass City. She attended elementary school in Elkton and then graduated from Cass City High...

Beatrice Jones

Beatrice Jones

Sep 17, 2016

Beatrice Jones, age 101, passed away Saturday, September 17, 2016, at the Linwood Residence in Linwood. Beatrice was born November 10, 1914, in Pigeon, to the late Norman and Bertha (Heck) Kain. She married Henry Jones. He preceded her in death in 1955. Beatrice honorably served in the United State Coast Guard. She worked as a nurse's aid for the...

Leo C J Mcilhargie

Leo C J Mcilhargie

Sep 17, 2016

Leo C. J. McIlhargie "Tuffy", 93 of Caseville, passed away gently in his sleep on September 17, 2016. He was born on March 21, 1923, in Lake Township at the home of his parents Cyril and Marie (Reilly) McIlhargie. After his mother died unexpectedly, Leo and his 2 siblings, went to live with his grandparents (Reilly) until the age...

Emily F. Lafontaine

Emily F. Lafontaine

Sep 16, 2016

Emily F. LaFontaine of Caseville passed away Friday, September 16, at the age of 71 at her home while under hospice care. She was born February 20, 1945 in Detroit to the late Frank and Emily (Corcoran) LaFontaine and came to Caseville in 1959. Emily was not only a 1963 graduate of Caseville Pubic Schools, but was employed there...

Bruce C. Leipprandt

Bruce C. Leipprandt

Sep 12, 2016

Bruce C. Leipprandt, age 86 of Caseville, passed away Monday, September 12, 2016 at Covenant Harrison Hospital in Saginaw. Born in Bad Axe on March 14, 1930 he was the son of E.T. and Lillian (Sturm) Leipprandt. Following his 1948 Pigeon High School graduation, he attended Michigan State University. After their father's injury on the farm, teenage brothers Bruce and...

Mark H. Gruehn

Mark H. Gruehn

Sep 11, 2016

Mark H. Gruehn, age 57, of Sebewaing, passed away Sunday, September 11, 2016, at Scheurer Hospital in Pigeon. Mark was born September 2, 1959, in Pigeon, to Leon and Dorothy (Vollmer) Gruehn. He married Terry Elenbaum on November 24, 1979. When not working, he enjoyed deer hunting, boating, riding motorcycle, cutting scrap, burning, collecting and owning John Deere tractors, spending...

Brody Lee Truemner

Brody Lee Truemner

Sep 10, 2016

Brody Lee Truemner, age 21 of Owendale, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2016 at home. He was born in Bad Axe on April 10, 1995, the son of Kevin C. and Sheila F. (Gundlach) Truemner, and was a 2013 graduate from Laker High School. A hockey player for many years, Brody played with the Huron County Men's Hockey League and...

Tracy R. Champagne

Tracy R. Champagne

Sep 10, 2016

Tracy Rae Champagne, 36, of Bad Axe passed away Saturday afternoon, Sept 10, at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit with her family at her side, after suffering a possible stroke. She was born July 25, 1980 in Harbor Beach, daughter of Gary and Lynn (LeGault) Champagne. Tracy moved to Elkton in her youth with her family and graduated from Laker...

Ricky Duane Ziehm

Ricky Duane Ziehm

Sep 10, 2016

Ricky D. Ziehm, age 62, of Owendale, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2016, at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Ricky was born September 5, 1954, in Pigeon, to Donald and Jeannine (Faust) Ziehm. Ricky worked many years as a crop adjustor and was a self-employed farmer. He enjoyed racing at many speedways, watching Nascar and college football, tinkering on old...

Helen M. Ruby

Helen M. Ruby

Sep 9, 2016

Helen Marie Ruby, age 90, of Pigeon passed away Friday, September 9, 2016, surrounded by her loving family at Scheurer Hospital in Pigeon. Helen was born May 23, 1926 in Thurman, Colorado to John and Mary (Kuhns) Hoffman. On February 20, 1944 she was united in marriage to Joseph Ruby in Thurman. They lived in Colorado and Pennsylvania until permanently...

Janice E. Rocha

Janice E. Rocha

Sep 8, 2016

Janice E. Rocha, age 79, of Sebewaing, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2016, in the comfort of her own home. Janice was born January 1, 1937, in Sebewaing, to the late Arthur and Harriet (Graves) Kuhl. On November 27, 1954, she married Benjamin Rocha at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Sebewaing. She worked as a...

Ila Marie Seurynck

Ila Marie Seurynck

Sep 5, 2016

Ila Marie Seurynck, age 99, of Gagetown, peacefully left us on Monday, September 5, 2016, at the Bay Medical Care Facility in Essexville. Ila was born in Unionville on March 10, 1917, the daughter of Alfred and Lottie (Fournier) Goslin. She married Leo J. Seurynck on April 24, 1937, in Gagetown at St. Agatha Catholic Church. She was a member...

Thomas S Wilson

Thomas S Wilson

Sep 5, 2016

Thomas S. Wilson age 88, of Chandler Twp. near Caseville, passed away Monday morning, September 5, at McLaren, Bay Region, Bay City. He was born November 24, 1927 in Detroit to the late William and Margaret (Gilhespy) Wilson. In 1945, he was inducted into the US Navy. On June 14, 1947, he was united in marriage to Thelma I...

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