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March 19, 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
      - Marvin J. Vandenberg, 53, of Albuquerque, N.M., formerly of Ellsworth; died Feb. 14; Hastings Funeral Home, Ellsworth.
      - Esther R. Fifelski, 69, of Lakes of the North; died March 11; Penzien Funeral Homes, Inc., Mancelona.
      - Craig S. Render, 48, of Kalamazoo, formerly of Waterford; died March 12; Covell Funeral Home, Elk Rapids.
      CHARLEVOIX
      - Sanford "Sandy" Matchett, 79, of Charlevoix; died March 5; Winchester Funeral Home, Charlevoix.
      - Elisabeth "Betty" Fortune, 57, of Charlevoix; died March 7; Penzien Funeral Homes, Inc., East Jordan.
      CHEBOYGAN
      - Robert "Bob" Miller, of Flint, formerly of Cheboygan; died Feb. 27; Brown Funeral Home, Flint.
      EMMET
      - Charles L. O'Neill, 80, formerly of Petoskey; died Jan. 17.
      - Herman S. Greene, Jr., 66, of Yuma, Ariz., formerly of Walloon Lake and Petoskey; died Feb. 23.
      - William Kirk Schaller, 61, of Petoskey; died Feb. 25; Stone Funeral Home, Petoskey.
      - Ellwyn L. Keiser, Sr., 69, of Levering; died Feb. 28; Stone Funeral Home, Petoskey.
      - Alice "Pauline" Kilpatrick, 83, of Levering; died March 1; Schiller Funeral Home, Harbor Springs.
      - Helen H. Matul, 84, of Harbor Springs; died March 3; Schiller Funeral Home, Harbor Springs.
      - Harvey A. Feick, 76, of Petoskey; died March 8; Charles G. Parks Funeral Home, Petoskey.
      - Dennis M. Buell, 54, of Petoskey, formerly of Traverse City; died March 10; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
      GRAND TRAVERSE
      - Shirley Maud Harris Calsibet, 82, of Davidson, N.C., formerly of Interlochen; died Feb. 9.
      - Jane F. Hurley, 73, of Grand Rapids, formerly of Traverse City; died March 2; O'Brien-Eggebeen-Gerst Chapel, Grand Rapids.
      - Mabel H. Walter, 100, of Laconia, N.H.; died March 6; Wilkinson-Beane Funeral Home, Inc., Laconia, N.H.
      - Jane Marie Orcutt, 49, of Fergus Falls, Minn., formerly of Traverse City; died March 7; Covell Funeral Home, Traverse City.
      - Michael James Woodcox, six weeks, of Traverse City; died March 9; Covell-Smith Funeral Home, Kingsley.
      - Rebecca "Becki" Kay Baden-Stachnik, 41, of Interlochen; died March 10; McElduff Funeral Home, Benzonia.
      - Pat Galvin, 81, of Traverse City, formerly of Gaylord; died March 10; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
      - Betty Mae Nitzke, 77, of Lorain, Ohio, formerly of Traverse City; died March 10; Schwartz, Spence, and Boyer Funeral Home, Lorain, Ohio.
      - Ernest Bertin Isaacsen, 98, of Traverse City, died March 10, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
      - James Leon Russell, 66, of Traverse City, died March 10, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
      - Joanne Aurelia Russell, 72, of Traverse City, died March 10, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
      - Herbert A. Auer, 83, of Traverse City; died March 11; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
      - Shirley M. Prentice, 68, of Traverse City, formerly of Newberry; died March 11; Beaulieu Funeral Home, Newberry.
      - Marcelle B. "Marcy" Robinson, 77, of Traverse City; died March 11; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
      - Joseph M. Henke, 89, of Traverse City; died March 12; Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, Traverse City.
      - Elizabeth A. Kelly, 99, of Traverse City, died March 12, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
      - Opal F. "Grandma Winnie" Winnie, 88, of Old Mission, died March 12, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
      - Carol Jean Plamondon, 61, of Jenison, formerly of Traverse City, died March 14, Cook Funeral Home in Jenison.
      - Geraldine Palmer, 83, of Traverse City, died March 14, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
      - Debra E. Voice, 48, of Traverse City, died March 14, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
      KALKASKA
      - Ronald L. Jupin, 66, of Rapid City; died March 11; Covell Funeral Home, Elk Rapids.
      - Georgann R. Hall, 65, of Rapid City, died March 12, Wolfe Funeral Home.
      - Russell V. Soule, 102, of Kalkaska, died March 14, Wolfe Funeral Home.
      LEELANAU
      - Stanley R. Allen, 87, of Empire, died March 15, Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.
      - Jane C. VanVleck, 85, of Richmond, Ind., formerly of Glen Lake, died March 15.
      MANISTEE
      - Anna Kathryn "Kay" Kennedy, 79, of Manistee; died March 9; Johnson Funeral Home, Manistee.
      - Nanna Petoskey, 86, of Manistee; died March 9; Herbert Funeral Home, Manistee.
      - Dorothy M. Guenther, 70, of Manistee; died March 12; Herbert Funeral Home, Manistee.
      OTSEGO
      - Gloria Damp, 81, of Gaylord, died March 10, Nelson Funeral Home, Inc.
      - Ann White, 43, of Vanderbilt, died March 11, Nelson Funeral Home, Inc.
      - Helen Hergenroeder, 78, of Gaylord, died March 11, Nelson Funeral Home, Inc.
      - Bertha Harwood, 87, of Gaylord, died March 12, Nelson Funeral Home, Inc.
      - Verta Sutherland, 85, of Clintonville, Wis., formerly of Gaylord, died March 12, Nelson Funeral Home, Inc.
      - Joseph Slifco, 78, of Gaylord, died March 13, Nelson Funeral Home, Inc.
      - Alfred Borowiak, Sr., 73, of Gaylord, died March 14, Nelson Funeral Home, Inc.
      WEXFORD
      - Michael Pettengill, 50, of Manton, died March 13, Hall Funeral Chapel in Manton.