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June 24, 2001

Deaths in the Region

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a list of deaths reported during the past week by funeral directors in the 13-county northwest Michigan region.
      ANTRIM
     
      - Jefferson Mitchell Paradis, 84, of Kewadin, died June 10, Elk Rapids Chapel of Covell Funeral Homes.
      - LaVerna G. Burpee, 86, of Ellsworth and Grand Rapids; died June 15; Hastings Funeral Home, Ellsworth.
      - Dorothy J. Bailey, 88, of Bellaire; died June 16; Mortensen Funeral Home, Bellaire.
      - Mary Ann Dobie, 73, of Mancelona; died June 16; Penzien Funeral Homes, Inc., Mancelona.
      - Neva B. Middleton, 69, of Mancelona, died June 19, Penzien Funeral Home.
      BENZIE
     
      - Irene H. Hoppe, 85, of Honor; June 15; Bennett-Barz, Beulah.
      - Michael Lee Lavelle, Sr., 51,of Thompsonville; died June 15; Terwilliger Funeral Home, Kaleva.
      CHARLEVOIX
     
      - Aaron Nichols, 16, of East Jordan, died June 5, Penzien Funeral Homes, Inc. in East Jordan.
      - Delores M. Malloch, 87, of Charlevoix, died June 6, Winchester Funeral Home.
      - Margaret (Kruis) Stroud, 89, of Charlevoix, died June 7, Winchester Funeral Home.
      - Mary I. Bell, 77, of Charlevoix, died June 16.
      - Mary Margaret Geiken, 86, of Charlevoix, died June 18, Winchester Funeral Home.
      - Ernestine Pitcher, 59, of Charlevoix, died June 18, Winchester Funeral Home.
      CHEBOYGAN
     
      - Imogene Geyer, 82, of Cheboygan, died June 5, Nordman Funeral Home.
      - Cherril H. Place, 91, of Cheboygan, died June 6, Nordman Funeral Home.
      - Kenneth R. LaVigne, 89, of Cheboygan, died June 11.
      - Donald R. "Bunk" Martin, 65, of Cheboygan, died June 18, Nordman Funeral Home.
      CRAWFORD
     
      - George Jeynes Freeman, Sr., 75, of Mount Clemens and Grayling; died June 16.
      - Gary Lee Gugin, 58, of Frederic; died June 18; Sorenson Funeral Home of Grayling.
      - Faye Ruth Owen, 80, of Grayling, died June 18, Sorenson Funeral Home.
      - Elizabeth M. Watson, 89, of Grayling, died June 20, Sorenson Funeral Home.
      - Betty June Miller, 73, of Grayling, died June 21, Sorenson Funeral Home, McEvers Chapel in Grayling.
      EMMET
     
      - Reva E. Greenier, 81, of Harbor Springs, died June 6, Schiller Funeral Home.
      - Edward Dodge Park Sr., 76, of Petoskey, died June 8, Charles G. Parks Funeral Home.
      - Mary B. Arsenault, of Petoskey, died June 8, Winchester Funeral Home.
      - Rosemary Moore, 79, of Carp Lake, died June 9, Schiller Funeral Home.
      - George Edward Short, 77, of Petoskey and formerly of Ann Arbor, died June 15, Stone Funeral Home.
      - Letha "Grandma" Livingston, 94, of Conway, died June 18, Stone Funeral Home.
      - Hiram J. "Hi" Conner, 67, of Petoskey, died June 19, Stone Funeral Home.
      GRAND TRAVERSE
     
      - Alice E. Ely, 84, of Fife Lake; died June 15; Covell-Smith Funeral Home, Kingsley.
      - Virginia Fleury, 80, of Traverse City; died June 15; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
      - Frederick Earl Swaney, 78, of Largo, Fla., formerly of Traverse City, died June 16.
      - Nellie Balmer, 87, of Williamsburg; died June 17; Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City.
      - Mildred A. Maiolani, 79, of Traverse City; died June 18; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
      - Donald James Thornton, 71, of Traverse City, died June 18, Bennett-Barz Funeral Home.
      - Ireta L. Weidenhamer, 94, of Traverse City, died June 18, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
      - Kimberly Lynn (Clark) Fasel, 20, of California, formerly of Traverse City, died June 19, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
      - Kathryn E. Bellaw Percival, 87, of Traverse City, died June 20, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
      - Marian Margaret Starzyk, 72, of Traverse City, died June 20, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
      - Louis Marwood, 86, of Traverse City, died June 20, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
      - Roy W. McDonald, 80, of Traverse City, died June 21, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
      - Donald J. Rodes, 68, of Kingsley, died June 21, Covell-Smith Funeral Home in Kingsley.
      - Mary Campbell, 49, of Fife Lake, died June 22, Covell-Smith Funeral Home in Kingsley.
      - Bernice Elizabeth Johnson, 88, of Traverse City, died June 22, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
      KALKASKA
     
      - Merle M. Eves, 76, of Kalkaska County, died June 3, Wolfe Funeral Home.
      LEELANAU
     
      - Theola "Teddy" Field Krull Hemphill, of Glen Arbor and Brownsville, Texas; died June 3.
      - Evelyn "Alma" Holsather, 86, of Suttons Bay, died June 15, Martinson Funeral Home.
      - Gerritt W. de Vries, 82, of Lake Leelanau; died June 18; Martinson Funeral Home, Suttons Bay.
      MANISTEE
     
      - Richard Anthony King, 63, of Wellston, formerly of Lansing, died June 4, Terwilliger Funeral Home.
      - Lorene Marie (VanIttersum) McCreary, 43, of Manistee, died June 8, Herbert Funeral Home.
      - Willard "Bill" J. Herman, 78, of Arcadia, died June 9, Edwards Funeral Home.
      - E. Pauline Richmond, 74, of Bear Lake, died June 11, Edwards Funeral Home.
      - Raynard B. Hiipaka, 89, of Kaleva, died June 13, Terwilliger Funeral Home.
      - Freda L. Baldaccini, 92, of Bear Lake, died June 14.
      - Katherine R. Gamble, 84, of Arcadia, formerly of Traverse City; died June 16; Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City.
      - Edward James Babcock, 80, of Bear Lake, died June 19, Edwards Funeral Home.
      - Charlotte M. Dahlke, 74, of Manistee, died June 21, Herbert Funeral Home.
      - Virginia (Zielinski) Dembinski, 90, of Manistee, died June 22, Herbert Funeral Home.
      - John M. Luomala, 80, of Brethren, died June 22, Terwilliger Funeral Home in Kaleva.
      OTSEGO
     
      - George A. "Bill" Duffield, 81, of Gaylord, died June 4, Nelson Funeral Home.
      - Doreen H. Tierney, 73, of Gaylord, died June 6, Nelson Funeral Home.
      - Ila May Nunn, 87, of Vanderbilt, died June 7, Nelson Funeral Home.
      - Lawrence David Sevenski, 48, of Elmira, died June 11, Nelson Funeral Home.
      - Stanley Dombrowski, 73, of Gaylord, died June 13, Nelson Funeral Home.
      - Milford R. Rosenburg, 61, of Johannesburg, died June 13, Nelson Funeral Home.
      - Maxwell Bradford, 84, of Gaylord, died June 19, Nelson Funeral Home.
      - Renetta Noa, 46, of Gaylord, died June 21, Nelson Funeral Home.
      WEXFORD
     
      - Harold George Spoor, 76, of Mesick, formerly of Kalamazoo; died June 18; Terwilliger Funeral Home, Kaleva.