Shirley Ann Hill
Jun 2, 2003
Shirley A. Hill, age 55, died Monday afternoon, June 2, at Huron Medical Center, Bad Axe, after suffering an apparent heart attack. She was born February 16, 1948, in Pigeon to the late Charles and Marie (Klee) Maxwell. Shirley has lived in Huron County all her life, she is a graduate of Port Austin High School. She made her...
Oscar "Oakie" Kurzer
May 30, 2003
Oscar “Oakie” Kurzer, age 76, of Caseville died Friday evening, May 30, at Scheurer Hospital, Pigeon following a long battle with lung cancer. He was born April 8, 1927, at the home of his parents, the late Oscar and Pearl (Chevailer) Kurzer in Sebewaing. Oakie grew up in Sebewaing and after high school; he enlisted in the Merchant Marines...
Paul Sarka
May 29, 2003
Paul Sarka, age 76, of Caseville formerly of Flint died Thursday morning, May 29, at Hurley Medical Center. He was born May 7, 1927, in Oakley, MI to the late John and Rose (Zenko) Sarka. Paul served in the US Air Force durning WW II and returned home in February of 1947. On October 16, 1971, he was united...
Werner E. Licht
May 27, 2003
Werner E. Licht, age 77, of Elkton, died Wednesday morning, May 28 at his home. He was born February 18, 1926 at the home of his parents, William and Dorathea (Roeber) Licht in Oliver Twp. Werner lived on the family farm all his life, farming until he retired in 1974. He was a member of Cross Lutheran Church. Surviving...
Thomas Cottick
May 19, 2003
Thomas Cottick, age 84, of Caseville, died Monday morning, May 19, at Huron Medical Care Facility, Bad Axe. He was born April 24, 1919, in Manitoba, Canada to the late Stanley and Molly (Godick) Cottick and moved from Canada to Detroit in his youth and then to Bad Axe in the early thirties. On May 21, 1945, he was...
Mabel K. Woods
May 19, 2003
Mabel Woods, age 81, of Caseville, died Monday morning, May 19, at Tender Care Nursing Facility in Cass City. She was born September 14, 1921, in Monette, AK to the late William and Florence (Helton) Taylor. Mabel moved from Kalamazoo to Caseville in 1998 to be nearer her family. Surviving are her son, Terry (Linda) Hogan of Caseville; two...
Maryann K. Wendling
May 18, 2003
Maryann Wendling, age 77, of Caseville, died Sunday evening, May 18, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Saginaw. She was born August 5, 1925, in Gagetown to the late Anthony and Anna (Fila) Ignatowski. Mary and Michael Wendling were married December 4, 1943, in Detroit. He preceded her in death on March 24, 1981. She had moved to the Detroit area...
Emily Sue Kula
May 16, 2003
Emily S. Kula, age 36, of Port Austin, died Friday afternoon, May 16, at her home several months after being diagnosis with pancreatic cancer. She was born February 28, 1967, in Pigeon to Emil Heck and the late Fern Heck. Emily grew up on a farm south of Elkton and graduated from EPBP High School in 1985. On May...
Richard "Rick" Vanvalkenburgh
May 8, 2003
Rick VanValkenburgh age 41, died Thursday evening, May 8, at U of M Hospital, Ann Arbor after a three-year battle with leukemia. He was born April 6, 1962 in Howell to Evelyn (Perkins) VanValkenburgh and the late James VanValkenburgh. Rick moved to the Pinnebog area with his parents when he was a child and went to school at EPBP...
Kenneth P. Daubenspeck
Apr 28, 2003
Ken Daubenspeck age 82, of Caseville died Monday morning, April 28, at the Huron County Medical Care Facility, Bad Axe. He was born May 30, 1920, in Detroit to the late Paul and Florence (Jakubiak) Daubenspeck. After his schooling Ken entered the US Army and served under Gen. Patton in North Africa, returning home in 1945. On April 27,...
Nancy L. Russell
Apr 24, 2003
Nancy L. Russell, age 64, of Caseville died Thursday morning, April 24, at Scheurer Hospital ER following a massive heart attack. She was born November 29, 1938 in Vermontville, MI, daughter of the late Lee and Helen (McRorie) Mix. Mr. Mix died when Nancy was six years old. Her mother then married Anthony Lenic and he became her father....
Grace S. Young
Apr 17, 2003
Grace S. Young, age 74, of Elkton died Thursday morning, April 17, at the home of her daughter while under hospice care. She was born February 20, 1929, in Memphis, MI and moved, when she was a child, to a farm just west of Rescue in Grant Twp. with her parents, the late Wilbert and Gladys (Duffield) Ellis. On...
Ernest F. Hebert
Apr 14, 2003
Ernest F. Hebert, age 90, of Chandler Twp., near Elkton, died Monday evening, April 14, at his home. He was born May 23, 1912, in Lake Twp. at the home of his parents, the late John and Harriett (Mousseau) Hebert. On January 19, 1933, he was united in marriage to Bernice Leneway at St. Felix Catholic Church, Pinnebog. She...
Hanlan F. Sears
Apr 7, 2003
Hanlon F. Sears, age 83, of Caseville, died Monday morning, April 7, at Scheurer Hospital, Pigeon. He was born September 27, 1919, in River Rouge to the late Harry and Agnes (Campbell) Sears. On October 18, 1941, he was united in marriage to Maxine R. Dick; she preceded him in death in 1971. On January 22, 1972, he married...
Sherry Lee Kovick
Apr 4, 2003
Sherry L. Kovick, age 78, of Caseville, died Friday, April 4, at Scheurer Hospital, Pigeon. She was born March 19, 1926 in Detroit to the late Thomas and Ann (Boran) Haigh. Mrs. Kovick was a court stenographer in Wayne County until 1988, at that point she became the manager of a HUD apartment complex in Southfield. In 1996, she...
Erma Pratt Stellmacher
Mar 18, 2003
Erma Pratt Stellmacher, age 88, of Drummond Island formerly of Elkton died Tuesday morning, March 18, at War Memorial Hospital, Sault Ste Marie. She was born March 31, 1914 in Saskatchewan Canada to the late John and Shara (Meuma) Atkinson. At the age of 9, she moved with her family to a farm in Grant Twp. She grew up...
Joann Crews
Mar 18, 2003
Joann Crews, age 82, of Lake Twp. near Caseville died Tuesday morning, March 18, at the Tuscola County Medical Care Facility, Caro after a short illness. She was born March 25, 1920 in Allendale the daughter of the late Fred and Matilda (Pearson) Meyer. On February 11, 1939, she was united in marriage to Francis J. “Bud” Crews in...
Frederick John Hintz
Mar 17, 2003
Frederick J. Hintz, 81, of Caseville, died Monday, March 17, at Heartland Health Care in Bridgeport. He was born April 20, 1921 to the late Elmer and Eleanor (Schwarz) Hintz in Detroit. On April 28, 1945, he was married to Marie M. Lobeck, at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in St. Clair Shores. She preceded him in death...
Eileen E. Muentener
Mar 7, 2003
Eileen Muentener, age 82, of Pigeon, died Friday afternoon, March 7, at her home while under hospice care. She was born August 26, 1920 at the home of her parents, the late Anthony and Anna (Walding) Englehardt in Filion. On May 6, 1966 she was united in marriage to Gerald R. Muentener in Bad Axe. He preceded her in...
Maryann Polega
Mar 2, 2003
MaryAnn Polega, age 73, of Caseville died Sunday morning, March 2, at her home while under hospice care. She was born May 22, 1929, at the home of her parents, the late Alex and Anna (Grates) Talaski in Sigel Twp. On June 14, 1947, she was united in marriage to Irvin E. Polega at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Rapson....
