Obituary Listing

William Arthur Taylor Jr.

Oct 29, 2023

It is with a heavy heart that we share with friends, neighbors, and loved ones the passing of William "Bill" Arthur Taylor Jr. He suddenly passed away on October 29, 2023 at age 77 at Covenant Cooper Hospital in Saginaw, MI.

Bill was born January 8, 1946 in Pontiac, MI to the late William Taylor and Helen...

Mary Evelyn Michalski

Oct 27, 2023

Mary E. Michalski, 80, of Pigeon, passed away Friday, October 27, 2023 at Huron County Medical Care Facility in Bad Axe.

Mary was born February 5, 1943 in Bad Axe to the late Glenn and Thelma (Hebner) Smithers.  She graduated from Bad Axe High School in 1962.  Mary worked for General Cable in Cass City for 35...

Karen Marie Romain

Oct 25, 2023

Karen Marie Romain of Caro, age 82, passed away on Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at Tuscola County Medical Care Community with her family by her side. Karen was born August 4, 1941 in Caro, the daughter of the late Charles and Bonnie (Blausius) Gilkey and graduated from Caro High School with the class of 1959. Following high school, she...

James Alan Decker

Oct 25, 2023

James Alan Decker, age 58, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. Jim was born December 9, 1964 in Saginaw, the son of the late James Decker and Gloria Austin. He loved working on cars, whether it was fixing them or painting them, he could do it all. You could always find Jim outdoors, enjoying...

Bradley Edward Haddix

Oct 24, 2023

Bradley Edward Haddix, age 59, passed away on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at McLaren Bay Region with his family by his side. Brad was born on July 18, 1964 in Marlette, the son of the late Bud Haddix and Donna Grace (McIntosh) Portice. He held various factory

jobs and spent his life as a designer and fabricator....

Timothy Thomas Ball

Oct 21, 2023

Timothy Thomas Ball, 74, of Fairgrove died unexpectedly on Saturday, October 21, 2023. Tim was born on May 9, 1949 to Norman and Mamie (Southgate) Ball in Bay City. He graduated from Unionville High School in 1967 and married Ann Marie McCreedy on October 10, 1970 at the Fairgrove United Methodist Church.

Tim attended Northeastern...

Dorothy E. Henne

Oct 21, 2023

Dorothy E. Henne, 94, of Bay Port, passed away Saturday, October 21, 2023 at Huron County Medical Care Facility in Bad Axe.

Dorothy was born May 30, 1929 in Oliver Twp to the late Ernest Sr. and Marie (Wurst) Buchholz.  She graduated in 1947 from Elkton High School having never missed a day of school.  On November...

Abbas Rastikhah

Oct 18, 2023

Abbas Rastikhah of Caro, age 73, passed away on Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at McLaren – Lapeer Region. Abbas was born January 2, 1950 in Tehran, Iran, the son of Akbar Rastikhah and Gilan Bolbolabadi. Abbas moved from Iran to Washington, D.C. when he was 18. He was united in marriage with Saralee McAlpine on April 1, 1972 in...

Dolores Ann Tait

Oct 17, 2023

Dolores Ann Tait of Caro, age 84, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. Dolores was born January 11, 1939, in Caro, the daughter of the late Clair and Leora (Chambers) Tait and was a 1957 graduate of Caro High School. She was united in marriage with Dilles Raymond Walker on June...

John Clark Crawford Jr.

Oct 16, 2023

John C. Crawford, Jr. of Caro, age 60, passed away on Monday, October 16, 2023. John was born on May 17, 1963.

Cremation has taken place and no services are scheduled at this time.

Evangelina Garza

Oct 14, 2023

Evangelina "Angie" Garza, 81 of Sebewaing, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, October 14th, 2023, surrounded by family.

Angie was born to the late Hipolito and Adelfina (Cuellar) Flores in Castroville, Texas on December 6, 1941. On June 6, 1957, Angie married Manuel Garza in Pigeon, Michigan. Angie spent her entire life as a devoted wife...

Grace Genevieve Parent

Oct 12, 2023

Grace G. Parent, 90, of Caseville, our beautiful, kind, loving mother entered the Kingdom of Heaven on October 12, 2023.  She went peacefully with her daughter beside her holding her hand.

Grace Genevieve Abbs was born May 22, 1933 in Essexville, Michigan to the late Ross and Viola Abbs.  She worked as a nurse’s aide at the...

Elizabeth Helen Roe

Oct 11, 2023

Elizabeth Helen Roe, age 42, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Liz was born March 26, 1981 in Saginaw, the daughter of Bartley Roe, Jr. and Debra (Kaczmarek) Savarese. She was currently employed as a porter at Suski Chevrolet in Birch Run; a job she thoroughly loved and enjoyed....

Charles Lewis Esch

Oct 11, 2023

Charles L. Esch, 71, of Elkton, passed away Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at home.

Chuck was born June 1, 1952 in Pigeon to Clayton and Freda (Kivel) Esch.  He graduated from Laker High School in 1970.  He married Cathy Stahl on December 13, 1969 at St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church-Berne.

Chuck worked sales for most...

Juli Estella Snyder

Oct 9, 2023

Juli Snyder aka Julz Sparklez of Caro, age 42, passed away on Monday, October 9, 2023 at her home. Juli was born December 15, 1980 in Caro, the daughter of Patricia (Morrison) Crosby and the late Charles Snyder. She had been employed at Greg and Lou’s Restaurant in Owosso and most recently at Marshall’s in Caro. Juli loved cats,...

Laura Ann Konke

Oct 8, 2023

Laura A. Konke, 66, of Caseville, passed away Sunday, October 8, 2023 at Holland Hospital in Holland, Michigan.

Laura was born November 17, 1956 in Detroit to the late Frank J. and Constance (Ptak) Konke.  She enjoyed playing cards, listening to music, buying clothes and spending time with her family.  She looked forward to Friday night pizza...

Raymond J. Laursen

Oct 6, 2023

Raymond J. Laursen of Fairgrove, age 88, passed away on Friday, October 6, 2023 at Brian’s House in Hampton Twp. Ray was born December 20, 1934 in Detroit, the son of the late Ray and Gladys (Brady) Laursen. He graduated from Fairgrove High School with the class of 1953 and went on to serve in the U.S. Army as...

Gerald Russell David Eggleston

Oct 4, 2023

Gerald Russell David Eggleston of Cass City, age 68, passed away on October 4, 2023 at his home with his family by his side. Gerald was born  June 27, 1955.

In keeping with Gerald's wishes, cremation has taken place and a private memorial is being planned for a later date.

Dennis Fredrick Abbe

Oct 3, 2023

Dennis F. Abbe, 77, of Owendale, passed away Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at home under hospice care.

Dennis was born December 27, 1945 in Bad Axe to the late John and Genevie (Severn) Abbe.  He grew up in Bad Axe and attended school there.  He married Berniece Beach on January 30, 1965 at the Owendale Community of...

Gordon Ellis Lapratt

Oct 2, 2023

Gordon Ellis LaPratt of Unionville, age 60, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, October 2, 2023. Gordy was born November 24, 1962 in Cass City, the son of the late Douglas LaPratt and Betty (Molnar) LaPratt. He graduated from U.S.A. High School with the class of 1980. Gordy worked as a truck driver hauling gravel and at Michigan Sugar Company,...