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Thomas Dale Nichols
May 5, 2025
Thomas Dale Nichols of Caro, age 93, passed away on Monday, May 5, 2025 at the Tuscola County Medical Care Community. He was born December 26, 1931 in Salem, Indiana, the son of the late Noble and Mary (Land) Nichols. Tom graduated from Caro High School in 1950. Shortly after, he enlisted in the United States Navy, proudly serving...
Julia Margaret Thompson
May 3, 2025
Julia Margaret Thompson of Caro, age 80, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, May 3, 2025 surrounded by the love of her family. Julie was born on May 20, 1944 in Battle Creek, the daughter of the late Arthur and Anna (Dietz) Nagel. Though born in Battle Creek, she was raised in Rogers City, where her lifelong...
Lynn Marie Hayward
May 3, 2025
Lynn Marie Hayward of Vassar, age 67, passed away Saturday, May 3, 2025 at her home. Lynn was born January 16, 1958 in Detroit, the daughter of the late Tyrone and Virginia (Hyslop) Price. She graduated with the Class of 1976 from Carl Brablec High School in Roseville. On December 28, 2001, Lynn married Richard K. Hayward, and together...
Naomi Elizabeth Wichert
May 3, 2025
Naomi Elizabeth (nee Kraft) Wichert of Pigeon, age 91, passed away on May 3, 2025, at Scheurer Hospital. She was born in Pigeon on August 5, 1933, and baptized August 27, 1933. Naomi attended Pigeon Grade School, St. John's Lutheran School, was confirmed on August 20, 1947, and graduated from Pigeon High School in 1951. She was the first...
Margaret A. Edler
May 2, 2025
Margaret Alvena Edler of Pigeon, age 85, passed away on Friday, May 2, 2025 at Brookdale Bay City surrounded by her family. She was born August 16, 1939 in Sebewaing the daughter of the late Carl and Florence (Rummel) Lohrmann. Margaret graduated from Sebewaing High School with the class of 1957. She grew up learning the value of hard...
Clark Robert Bruce
Apr 29, 2025
Clark Robert Bruce of Caseville, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, April 29, 2025, at Courtney Manor in Bad Axe at the age of 81. Clark was born in Lansing, Michigan, to the late Robert and Bette (Clark) Bruce, on June 13, 1943, and was a 1963 graduate of Utica High School. While...
Gail Lynn Wilcox
Apr 29, 2025
Gail Lynn Wilcox of Caseville, age 79, passed away on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at Scheurer Hospital. She was born January 28, 1946 in Bad Axe, the daughter of the late Hall and Esther (Heron) Stirrett.
Gail graduated from Caseville High School and went on to earn her associates degree. She was the...
Marel Lee Staisil
Apr 29, 2025
Marel L. Staisil, 83, passed away on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. She was born on May 31, 1941, in Bay City, Michigan, to the late Christian and Marian (Martini) Bolger. Marel graduated from Sebewaing High School in 1959 and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts and a Master's degree from Michigan State University, as well as a...
Frances "Fran" Mary Fader
Apr 28, 2025
Frances “Fran” Mary Fader of Dryden, formerly of Caro, age 75, passed away on Monday, April 28, 2025 at Select Specialty Hospital in Flint. She was born September 23, 1949 in Caro, the daughter of the late Henry and Adeline (Kaminskas) Wagner. Fran was a proud member of the Caro High School Class of 1967 and grew up attending...
Edward David Tucker
Apr 27, 2025
Edward David Tucker was born on August 19, 1969, and passed into the arms of Jesus on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Ed personified the meaning of having a servant’s heart. Whether it was the patients he served as a Medic in the Army and as a Paramedic throughout Michigan; the communities of Frankenmuth and Birch Run he served as a...
Danny O. Miller
Apr 25, 2025
Danny O. Miller of Caro, age 77, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, April 25, 2025. Danny was born April 30, 1947 in Cass City, the son of the late Nelson and Naomi (Spaulding) Miller. He grew up in the Thumb, lived in various places over the years for work, and eventually returned to the place he...
Kenneth Roy Ball Jr.
Apr 25, 2025
Kenneth “Guy” Roy Ball, Jr., age 77, of Caro, passed away on Friday, April 25, 2025, at the Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center in Saginaw. Born on July 30, 1947, in Cass City, Guy was the son of the late Kenneth and Betty (Silvernail) Ball, Sr. He graduated from Cass City High School and proudly served his country...
Wallace W. Volz
Apr 25, 2025
Wallace W. Volz, age 74, of Sebewaing, died unexpectedly Friday, April 25, 2025 in his home.
Wallace was born in Pigeon on February 9, 1951 to Clare and Lena (Schneider) Volz. Wallace attended Sebewaing High School and graduated in 1970. He worked on the family farm until he graduated high school. He then went to work for...
Sandra Kay Cox
Apr 24, 2025
Sandra Kay Cox, age 78, of Caro, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at Medilodge of Cass City. Born on July 21, 1946, in Caro, she was the beloved daughter of the late William H. and Margaret (LaPratt) Bailey. Sandra was a proud graduate of Caro High School, Class of 1965. Over the years, she worked in...
Jerl "Babe" D. Carter
Apr 23, 2025
Jerl Dene Carter "Babe", age 84, of Sebewaing, passed away Wednesday morning at Medilodge in Cass City.
Jerl was born in Fairdale, West Virginia, on February 4, 1941, to Herbert, Sr. and Opal (Beckelhammer) Carter. He married Janet Winter on April 25, 1965. She preceded him in death July 2008. Jerl worked a few years in Chicago...
Donna M. Fahl
Apr 18, 2025
Donna M. Fahl, age 87, of Bay Port, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, April 18, 2025 at the Tuscola County Medical Care Facility in Caro.
Donna was born on March 25, 1938, in Gagetown, to Clayton and Charlotte (McKee) Carr. She graduated from Owendale High School in 1956. She worked as a...
David Allan Rasmussen
Apr 16, 2025
David,
It’s so hard to say goodbye to you! You were my rock, my friend, my sounding board, my Eeyore, my healer, and my love. You came into our lives twenty-four years ago and we were never the same. You shared your sense of humor, honesty, sarcasm, music, and the desire to keep active and keep your...
Janene Anne Skiba
Apr 15, 2025
Janene Anne Skiba of Presque Isle, age 70, passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Janene was born February 8, 1955 in Flint, the daughter of the late William James and Maxine Mildred (Cronk) VanVolkenberg. Janene graduated from Kearsley High School in Flint with the Class of 1973. After graduation, she pursued...
Pamela Jean Gardner
Apr 14, 2025
Pamela Jean Gardner of Elkton, age 73, passed away on Monday, April 14, 2025 at Carey’s Young at Heart in Caro. She was born in Pontiac on August 3, 1951, the daughter of the late Lawrence and Barbara (Randall) Bingham. Pam grew up in Birmingham and graduated from Wiley E. Groves High School. She lived in Clearwater, Florida for...
Margaret Emma Leipprandt
Apr 13, 2025
Margaret “Peggie” Hall Leipprandt, 88, of Pigeon, passed away Sunday, April 13, 2025 at Country Gardens Assisted Living in Pigeon.
Peggie was born January 19, 1937 in Whigham, Georgia to the late Cyril and Louise (Womble) Hall. She married Ted Leipprandt on December 14, 1956 in Columbus, Georgia; he preceded her in death on March 19, 2025....
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